Yakazi Value Delivery
"Yakazi" is a kiswahili acronym meaning "for work". It is a unique, revolutionary digital and field "for work" platform set to cause a paradym shift in how the youth get absorbed into the economy as a resource after graduating from universities, technical and vocational institutes.
Yakazi Network is operated by IML, an innovative socio-economic catalyst using digital solutions to unlock the hidden and often stifled potential of organizations and people.
IML Digital uses technology to deepen access, efficiency and incomes within value chains and marketplaces, whether in deep rural or urban areas, whatever the sector.
Yakazi Network comprises an integrated multi-stakeholder web platform where companies, organisations, training institutions, capacity building agents, professionals, skilled and semi-skilled workers, can all interact to exchange knowledge, work and business opportunities.
- Business Training
- Quotation maker
- Job Adverts and Application Interface
- In-app Peer Network
- CV Generator
Discover How We Deliver Value
TECHNICAL OUTSOURING
Our talent database is built through partnerships and colloaborations with Universities, Technical and Vocational Training Institutes (TVETs), Vocational Training Colleges (VTCs), Professional Bodies and Sector Associations in Kenya. We offer the following to organisations:
- Technical Services Outsourcing to grow business in new regions and support existing customers
- Field Research and Data Collection Services to inform business decisions and document case studies.
- Manpower Placements and Head Hunting to deliver technical services in geo-located areas.
WORK READINESS PROGRAM
To support technicians, professionals and micro-entrepreneurs with critical knowledge and linkages for growth, we offer both knowledge through ACCESS TO FINANCE SECTOR BRIEFS and by linking to live platforms for:
- Talent Upskilling and Work Readiness to enhance effectiveness and efficiency of manpower.
- Personal Life Skills Coaching to help position one-self in marketplaces as an entrepreneur and in work positions as an employee.
We provide the following coaching programs:
- Yakazi "Jenga Career Podcast" in partnership with Career Pros Africa, which provides weekly releases of value content on career positioning and growth.
- Career Pros Africa's tailored HR consultancy services that enhance organizational effectiveness and empower individuals to achieve their full potential. These include resume (CV) writing, interview preparation, LinkedIn profile management and one-on-one issued based coaching.
- Potensheer LIFE PURPOSE coaching, a gruide to help you discover and live your life purpose in your career and business engagements.
DIGITISED VALUE CHAIN ENTRY CHANNELS
We recognise that not every skilled worker or professional will be absorbed through employment. We assist aspiring entrepreneurs to launch their enterprises by providing ideation and decision tools, alongside market information for their success in business.
- Supporting BUSINESS IDEATION through researched enterprise idea briefs across diverse value chains.
- Arranging VALUE CHAIN PARTNERSHIPS between entrepreneurs and industrial, commercial and service entities.
- ENTERPRISE COACHING and mentorship through multi-media tools, with a special focus on last-mile podcasting services styled as radio-on-demand.
Navigate the YAKAZI TALENT DATABASE to find and hire skilled and semi-skilled workers
Login to Yakazi Online to access skilled talent and to create your linkages with training institutions, companies and sector associations.
You can set up adverts and broadcast them to targeted skilled workers so they can apply. Adverts can be for a job or a business partnership opportunity, or simply for freelance field officers on part time or on demand basis.
Empowering Skilled and Semi-Skilled Workers
Yakazi helps skilled workers to get organised into local teams with a joint work ethic, with access to insurance, links to work contracts and advice on access to finance, to grow their professional technical services enterprise.
Creating Finance and Insurance Linkages
FINANCE & INSURANCE LINKAGES
To support technicians, professionals and micro-entrepreneurs with critical knowledge and linkages for growth, we offer both knowledge through ACCESS TO FINANCE SECTOR BRIEFS and by linking to live platforms for:
- Finance and ecommerce linkages to assist entrepreneurs in accessing working capital and marketing their products.
- Risk and investment linkages to catalyse savings and facilitate insurance services to safeguard self and business.
We provide the following live platforms:
- Insurance via BRITAM MICRO-INSURANCE policies.
- Group savings platform via the PESAMOJA GROUP MONEY mobile application.