Toolkit iSkills: Skilling Youth for Employment Opportunities in Africa

On 19th April 2023, The Toolkit iSkills (TTI) Limited officially launched its advanced technology training in welding. The Toolkit Innovation Hub is one of a kind and uses the latest technology to offer skills to young people. Young people are trained for two months in Metal Inert Gas (MIG) welding through virtual reality before a one-month training in the physical workshop. Virtual reality welding offers 80% of the skills while physical welding offers 20%. Virtual reality training has reduced training costs, eliminated safety hazards, and reduced the time taken to train as a welder. The organization has rolled out this training in Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda. 400 young people have benefited from this virtual reality MIG welding training since 2016 and the organization targets to train 1000 young people this year.