Bringing Innovation and Opportunity to Kenya
Designed as a mobile digital learning and innovation lab, the Atlas Digi-AI Bus delivers essential digital skills directly to schools and underserved communities across Nairobi.
The initiative is led by our local partner, Kings Rugby Development Academy (KRDA), with the support of The Atlas Foundation.
Development Goals
Education
Employability
Inclusion
Situation
Many of the programme’s beneficiaries live in Kibera, Africa’s largest slum, where access to basic services such as clean water, electricity, and sanitation remains limited. These conditions make it a challenging environment for children and young people to grow up.
Kenya also faces ongoing challenges in foundational literacy, numeracy, and STEM education. Many students complete primary school without achieving age-appropriate mathematical competency, limiting their progression into science and technology pathways. At the same time, youth unemployment remains high while the economy is rapidly digitising.
Digital skills are no longer optional – they are essential for employability, entrepreneurship, and long-term economic resilience. Without access to technology and training, many young people risk being left behind.
Solution
Operating in Nairobi, the Digi-AI Bus builds on KRDA’s long-standing mission to empower young people in underserved communities and unlock their potential.
The bus functions as a fully equipped mobile classroom, brining digital education directly to communities that lack access to computer labs. By removing barriers to access, it creates meaningful learning opportunities for those who need them most.
Each week, the bus can reach approximately 760 students, delivering multiple 90-minute sessions each day to groups of 38+ students.
The curriculum includes lessons in digital literacy, digital safety, coding and programming, artificial intelligence, and robotics. These subjects prepare Kenya’s youth for a digital future, equipping young people with practical, future-focused skills that support employability and long-term economic resilience.
Beyond individual learning outcomes, the programme contributes to wider community development by strengthening social cohesion, expanding economic opportunities, and investing in Kenya’s long-term prosperity.
Testimonials
“Young people without digital literacy aren’t just missing one skill; they’re locked out of the fastest-growing job sectors, from fintech to e-commerce to AI-driven industries that will help define Kenya’s economy for the next decade.
Our mission is to use rugby as a tool to help get our young players a foot in the door to better schools. However, rugby alone doesn’t give our young people places in schools. Grades do.“
- Give children in Kibera access to better education so they can break the cycle of inter-generational poverty
- Provide children in Kibera access to computers and technology, so they are digitally literate and have the essential skills needed to gain employment.
Donations to The Atlas Digi-AI Bus directly support the operation, upkeep and maintenance of the Bus, ensuring it can continue reaching children and communities in need.
Impact
Education
- Providing access to digital learning to school communities that don’t otherwise have access to computer labs.
- Increased confidence and supports wider academic participation.
Employability
- Equips young people with practical, job-ready digital skills.
- Prepares students for opportunities in a rapidly evolving digital economy.
Inclusion
- Through the Digi-AI Bus, digital education is no longer confined to classrooms with fixed infrastructure. Instead, it travels directly to the communities that need it most, unlocking potential, expanding horizons, and shaping a more inclusive digital future for Kenya.
- The Bus is a commitment to inclusive growth, innovation, and opportunity.