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SKYLights goes to Kenya

14 June, 2024

Last week, three of the Good Business team spent time in Nairobi, Kenya, where we facilitated SKYLights, a knowledge sharing workshop that brought together representatives from our SKY Girls partners from across six African countries, as well from the Gates Foundation, who funds SKY. 

Over the course of three jam-packed days, SKYLights attendees heard from a range of expert speakers who discussed pressing topics and challenges faced by SKY. From receiving a crash-course in Artificial Intelligence, to gaining a deeper understanding of teenage psychology and safeguarding, to reflecting on creative idea generation and programme sustainability, SKYLights pushed the attendees to think bigger and bolder, and to build on each other’s experiences and insights to find answers to the key challenges they face, irrespective of location.  

But beyond its educational purpose, the workshop provided the invaluable opportunity to share experiences between SKY countries, build collective knowledge of ways to increase our impact, and connect as a wider team. It was a week defined by enthusiasm and purpose, and we are grateful to all those who participated – from speakers to attendees – for bringing such great ideas and energy. We’re excited to continue working on SKY and to implement the learnings from the week to make SKY even more impactful and effective. And we can’t emphasise enough the value of bringing people together, in person or online, to explore shared challenges. 

For more information about SKY Girls, click here. 

By Rosie Serlin