Building local capacity is a foundational principle of NetHope field programs. Working with local implementing partners is key to the NetHope Academy Internship Program operating model. In some locations, we were very hands-on and in others, the local implementing partner did not need as much support given their deep experience and relationships with the local ecosystem. A NetHope representative went on the initial fact-finding and implementing partner recruiting trips in each geography and conducted the detailed follow-up work to ensure the partnership was forged and was successful. Our local implementing partners included:
- Haiti – Ecole Supérieure d'Infotronique d'HAïti (ESIH)
- Kenya – The African Centre for Women, Information, and Communications Technology (ACWICT)
- Rwanda – Kevine Bajaneza (now N@tcom Services)
- South Africa – Microsoft Student 2 Business Program
- India – Anudip Foundation for Social Welfare
- Egypt – Education for Employment Egypt (EFE)
- Liberia – Starz College of Science and Technology
- Kenya, Rwanda, and Ghana entrepreneurship collaboration – Enablis
