Community-owned
Residents set the priorities, shape the network and hold the budget. We build local capacity, not dependency.
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Who we are
Kijiji Yeetu — Swahili for 'our village' — is a community network and digital transformation organisation working with underserved communities in Ugunja, Siaya County, Kenya.
Our Story
From a conversation at iHub in 2011 to a community-owned network in Ugunja.
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Our People
The net wardens, champions and local action groups who keep the work rooted.
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Our mission
A village that owns its digital future
To connect unconnected rural communities to affordable internet, digital skills and the opportunities of the digital economy — through community-owned networks, multistakeholder dialogue and local research.
We believe the people closest to a problem are closest to its solution. Our role is to bring tools, evidence and partners to the table, then hand the network over to the community that built it.
Values
Principles that guide the work
Evidence-led
Participatory baselines and local research tell us what a community actually needs — before we build anything.
Open
Our research, training reports and project findings are published so others can learn, adapt and challenge the work.
Our three pillars
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We apply information and communication technologies to the problems communities name themselves — digital skills, affordable connectivity, online safety and locally led innovation.
Multistakeholder Dialogue
Participatory baselines, public participation and structured conversation bring residents, government, civil society and the private sector into one room — and one plan.
Communities of Practice
Net wardens, smart village champions and grassroots engineers learn together, maintain the network and pass their skills on to the next village.