Akad Education Group - Africa

Mentorship Program

Aim: 

Transition preparation: 

Life-skills from high school into college & real life!  

This includes, but is not limited to, helping  prepare willing, passionate and visionary youth to further seek admission and scholarship into top, world class institutions. 

This is a PROCESS and not an EVENT, therefore it takes TIME as MINDSETS need to be transformed, developed and grow. Unlearning, learning & relearning.....

We celebrate the Case Study of Yuri Coret, as seen by clicking here

Our Value Addition includes; 

• Self discovery – students first need to know themselves; their gifts, abilities, learning styles, dreams, goals and vision
  
• Identify possible careers – based on knowing themselves
  
• Prepare for their careers – based on post secondary institutions, such as universities
  
• Plot your educational journey – setting of goals, timelines for short, medium and long term goals
  
• Establish a career path – based on current & emerging challenges in the job and careers market locally and overseas
  
• Establish Life & Soft skills
• Launch entrepreneurial projects through proof of concept, pilot projects, scale up projects

They include, but are not limited to, Joan Nekoye (Brown University, 2020),  Eric Fairweather (Minerva Schools 2019) mentored Joshpat Lowoi (Duke University, 2018) mentored by Ernest Ochieng (Harvard University, 2016), Yuri Coret & Boniface Omina (African Leadership University, 2023). 

The success of our Peer Mentoring model was well demonstrated many whom Ernest (Harvard, 2016) has positively inspired, impacted and influenced many such as Yuri, Boniface, James, Josphat, Eric and others. 

Ernest was mentored at Alliance High School by George Gathiani (Washington University in St. Louis, USA 2015), who was mentored by Brian Ngugi (African Leadership Academy & Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany, 2019). Brian was mentored by Nyamawih Charo (Bath University, UK 2015) and Wambui Mburu, graduate of ALA and Oklahoma State University, USA. 

Need we say more??  

Field Events:

Our First Field Event for the GAP Year 2024 will be combined with Session 3 of 10 on Tuesday 30th January 2024 at the UN HQ offices in Gigiri, Nairobi

Due to security reasons, we are to arrive at the UN HQ entrance gate on or before 8:30am, as it can take up to one hour to have access entry.

The session is officially part of the UN commemoration of the Holocaust with our agenda as follows;

 1.      Begin by going through the art exhibition in the lobby area

 2.      This will be followed by a 1-hour walking tour of the UN Offices at 10:00am (at their standard fee, to be advised). Cost of this is to be met by us individually.

Kindly ensure you wear WALKING SHOES and not high heels or other uncomfortable footwear.

 3.      This will be followed by a 1 hour diplomatic session & panel discussion with speech by Ambassador of Israel among others and discussion with other students present. (11:00am – 2:00pm). Location is CR 1 in UNON so that you do NOT GET LOST in the premises.

 4.      Followed by our informal AKAD debriefing session, with tea/snacks at your own cost. At best, and if lucky - will include a UNON Guest Adult Mentor for an hour.

 5.      Kindly sort out your transport logistics to and from the UN HQ in Gigiri, directly opposite the US Embassy. Know what public vehicles to take. Give yourself enough TIME to get there and back. Planning & managing logistics to and from such events is your responsibility.

Hint: at best collaborate with your fellow AKAD mentees and travel together.

 6.       Entry into the UN premises requires a PICTURE ID such as your school ID. This is a high security zone, with heavily armed security from the Diplomatic Police and US Marines. Do not be in possession of anything that may cause your arrest, injury or death.

Yuri Coret, July 2019

A PARENT'S TESTIMONY

Here is a wonderful testimony from a parent received yesterday, regarding  impact of our one-on‐one mentoring, following a session in January 2020. 

Greetings, 

Thank you for your time on Monday morning. To me it was epic.

The key questions you asked my daughter - what do you have to offer, what value will you bring to the table, what solutions will you bring to the community. . were the very questions I have been grappling with over the past weeks as I write my application for my PhD. I thought that my daughter was getting exposed to a very great timely opportunity -talking to you that day. 

At 19 this was a significant way for her to think through her choices. 

Even better, the fact that you linked all categories of her person - spiritual, academic, gifting, personality together, was on point and really made me glad - many young people flow with what the world presents to them. They rarely think of who they are and what they have to offer.

Your analogy of climbing the stair well and realising that that wasn't the right  stair case made me think again about how for me as a parent - my desire has been to get my daughters' to succeed - so I am likely to allow them to walk through a door of opportunity - even if it quite wasn't the right fit ??‍♀ stood out for me.

Your discussion on the build up of a deliberate personal brand was wonderful. . .  The detail of verifying, measuring and deliberate visibility as presented was so timely. 

All in all I realised that you were truly doing what you were called to do. Something that God prepared you to do many years ago. 

I was so happy to have escorted my daughter because I learned a lot from your discussion. I asked myself - what exactly I was aiming for. .

Have a good night

H.M.

Previous Case Study Activities  

• Sat 25th February 2017: Minerva Schools information & scholarships session at Premier, Best Western Hotel
• Mon 20th February 2017; African Leadership University, School of Business event at Sankara Hotel
• Fri 17^th February 2017: Gender Based Violence at Silver Springs Hotel
  
• Wed 15^th February 2017: Community Service at Vigil School, Kawangware, Nairobi
  
• Tue 14 February 2017: Negotiation Training, Core Session
  
•  Fri 10^th February 2017: Political Leadership; Gender Financing with the Centre of Multiparty Democracy (CMD) and Narc Kenya.
  
• Sat 11^th February 2017: Mindspeak at Norfolk Hotel with John Mahama, former president of Ghana.  
  
•  Thur 9^th February 2017; Cellulant Corporation - a technology business in the mobile and digital services’ sector in Africa.
  
• Thur 7^th Feb 2017: Confidence Building & Personal Branding. 
  
• Thur 7^th Feb 2017: Pitching with DEMO Africa at the Boma Hotel
  
• Fri 3^rd Feb 2017: Women in Leadership with KEWOPA and Narc Kenya
  
•  Thur 2^nd Feb 2017; United Nations office in Nairobi tour
  
•  Fri  27^th Jan 2017: Retirement Benefits Authority day at the Intercontinental Hotel
  

For photos of activities, please visit our Facebook page "Akad Africa" or click here

Community Service 

The advantage to participants is that community service verifies and measures your philanthropic contribution to society. 

This is of value to youth seeking to demonstrate value addition to their profiles, when seeking possible admission and scholarship opportunities in overseas institutions (where an "A" grade is not enough). Community Service is one of the five basic pillars AKAD provides assistance to our mentees.

As a result, several youth engage with collaborative programs, especially those that add value to the less fortunte. These have included engaging with youth in slum schools and areas, such as Mathare, Kawangware and others.