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21 Sep 2022

Meet Joash: The Blind Ex-Banker turned Teacher Rising Above his Impairment

Joash Ododa, a teacher at St. Oda Primary School for the Blind is teaching a class while reading through his braille book. At St. Oda School for the Blind, Joash Ododa, a 48-year-old primary school teacher who is blind and partially...

July 27, 2022

Call me Engineer Victor!

Grade 5 Student Victor Kiplangat is a problem solver. Even though he is totally blind, his curiosity spurs him on to fix a broken headset. Victor Kiplang’at, one of...

July 12, 2022

Meet Six-Year-Old Said Ali: Building his Computer Literacy Skills Early

Said Ali and his friend Ernest Marata learning keyboard during computer lesson. Said Ali was born blind. He started showing interest in attending computer classes at an early age....

June 20, 2022

inABLE Coders Showcase their Skills

Photo caption: From left, Shadrack Otieno, Christine Atieno, Anthony Wambua, Charity Samba, Amina Samuel and James Kosgey. All seating in front of their laptops Showcasing their coding skills to...

June 13, 2022

Meet Blessing Amina: Rising above the albinism stigma

inABLE program graduate and computer instructor intern traveled to her home county in Kilifi County to attend International Albinism Awareness Day celebrations at Karisa Maitha Stadium. Twenty-three-year-old Blessing Amina...

May 18, 2022

2022 Inclusive Africa Conference Secures Sponsorship Support

Nairobi – Global powerhouses have paved the way for the first in-person Inclusive Africa Conference in Kenya. The Mastercard Foundation has taken the lead Platinum Sponsor position, followed by...

May 18, 2022

Meet 2022 Keynote Speaker Award-winning Lawyer Haben Girma

Helen Keller Achievement Award Winner Haben Girma—the first deaf blind person to graduate from Harvard Law School— Delivered Keynote Address at the 2022 Inclusive Africa Conference.   Nairobi – Haben...

11 May 2022

Leading Accessibility Champions to Speak at 3rd Annual Inclusive Africa Conference

Nairobi – The Inclusive Africa Conferences— which opened at the Trademark Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya on May 25- 26—began with the historic launch of the first-ever National ICT Accessibility Standard for products and services in Africa, and was followed by two...

April 15, 2022

The French Embassy in Kenya Hosts Inclusive Policy Youth Leadership...

Ambassador Aline Kuster Menager stands with inABLE Advocacy Officer Julius Mbura in front of the French Embassy in Kenya. I was one of 32 youth invited to the French...

April 11, 2022

Meet Philip: Flying inABLE’s Flag High

Star Reporter/Photographer Aura Ruth's photo shows a very happy boy surrounded by proud family outside Likoni School for the Blind Philip Karani, a low vision graduate from the Likoni...

March 29, 2022

Making the Holidays Accessible with Assistive Technology

Parents and pupils gathered in the inABLE Meru assistive technology lab to receive computers and gadgets before the long April holidays. Through our partnership with the US Embassy in...

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