Chinese Government provides 1.9 billion Ksh for an ICT Center in Kenya

$1.9M USD

Funder	Unspecified Chinese Government Institution
Recipient Organization	Kenya Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology
Country	Kenya
Start Date	Apr 06, 2009
End Date	Jan 07, 2027
Duration	6,485 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`46969`

Grant Description

In 2009, the Chinese Government provided 1.9 billion Ksh ($23.75 million USD) to the Kenya Ministry of Education to develop an Information, Communication, and Technology (ICT) Center. This project was marked as in progress. The purpose of this project was to provide access to computers for training and education.

This project falls under the Kenya Ministry of Education's technical vocational education and training program.

Meru Technical Training Institute is implementing in capacity building, and the Chinese Ministry of Education is in charge of equipment.

📋 Staff Comments

1. AidData assumes that this project was financed with a Chinese Government grant for the time being. This issue warrants further investigation.

📚 Sources & References

[2014/054999] - ICT CENTRE Loan applications and disbursements are still being received and processed as the projects continue to evolve. Ongoing monitoring and evaluation are in place to ensure project continuity.