Metalgalante S.p.A.
MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company
CAF Data Centre Industry Outlook
Car Mix

twitter Facebook Linkedin acp Contact Us

Empowering African businesses to upskill the workforce

Joyce founded Zydii in a bid to raise the skills of small and medium enterprise employees with relevant, accessible, and affordable knowledge and skills. (Image source: Zydii)

Zydii, a Kenya-based digital training solutions provider, has received pre-seeding funding from DOB Equity, Kua Ventures, Kaleo Ventures and NaiBAN to support the company’s growth and expand its suite of upskilling solutions for the African business workforce

Zydii offers more than 100 digital training courses on soft skills and technical skills that businesses need to grow. These courses are developed in partnership with local experts.

The objective of Zydii’s courses is to help empower the African workforce by providing localised upskilling training courses to help Africa’s emerging businesses. The company will use the funding to expand its services to clients across Africa, including Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa.

Joyce Mbaya, founder and CEO of Zydii, commented “We provide much-needed localised training courses to address the skills gap in the African employment market and help improve the skills of the working population.”

Zydii recently completed the Scaleup Accelerator programme by Greenhouse Capital and Microsoft which aims to help tech pre-series A stage companies prepare for strong growth and funding. The company was also selected for the inaugural Google for Startups Accelerator for Women Founders.

Mbaya added, “Our vision for Zydii is to be able to ignite prosperity through shared wisdom. We are passionate about our missions to provide accessible and transformative digital training for African businesses.”

Nick Vilelle, founding member of NaiBAN, remarked, “We see a gap in the market for upskilling employees with quality and affordable localised courses. The solutions by international platforms often do not adequately capture the nuanced intricacies of our market. The passion and deep domain experience of Zydii founders Joyce Mbaya and Rhoda Kingori make us confident that they are the right people to solve this problem and that they will be at the forefront of upskilling the workforce in Africa.”

African Review

Most Read

The Bell team in Richards Bay consists of more than 800 machinists, welders, and assemblers. (Image source: Bell)

GFE Power Product’s extensive range covers generators from 10 kVA up to 3,000 kVA. (Image source: GFE Power Products)

The funding is the largest-ever equity raise in the minigrid industry according to Husk. (Image source: Adobe Stock)

The initiative will help African contractors participate in annual infrastructure investments. (Image source: Afreximbank)

ITS has evolved into a sophisticated systems approach, providing numerous opportunities to revolutionise road networks. (Image source: Adobe Stock)

Invest International’s Lara Muller; Ivory Coast Minister of Finance and Economy, Adam Coulibaly; and Ambassador Designate to Ivory Coast, Jeroen Kelderhuis. (Image source: Invest International)

Inside Condra’s Johannesburg factory: an overhead crane positions an electric motor during assembly of hoist and crab. (Image source: Condra)

The Yellow Metal Machine Rental team with some Wacker Neuson equipment. (Image source: Wacker Neuson)

The parties will also promote the mutual exchange of information and expertise in the field of export credit policies and practices. (Image source: TBD Group)

Although displaying resilience, the report warns that African banks remain exposed to physical climate risks due to both sovereign and industry lending. (Image source: Adobe Stock)

WAA and VCMI will seek to establish regulatory frameworks to enable access to high integrity and fair voluntary carbon markets for WAA member countries. (Image source: Adobe Stock)

IVECO is renewing its entire product range, all at once. (Image source: IVECO)

Both the IMF and EIU expect SSA to rank as the world’s second fastest growing economy in 2024. (Image source: Adobe Stock)

The MoU was signed alongside the Africa Health Business Symposium. (Image source: Africa CDC)

There has been a focus on the sugar industry. (Image source: Adobe Stock)

Latest news

The HQ is expected to be completed and handed over by February 2025. (Image source: ECOWAS)

Africa’s share of global manufacturing only sits at around 2% today. (Image source: Adobe Stock)

There are numerous but not insurmountable challenges facing Africa's aviation sector, according to IATA. (Image source: Adobe Stock)

Africa Energy Forum 2024 was held in the Fira de Montjuïc in Barcelona. (Image source: ACP)

The quality design and manufacture of SEW-EURODRIVE South Africa’s panels and enclosures can be suited to any customer requirement wall mounts. (Image source: SEW-EURODRIVE)

African countries will require over US$45bn in the coming eight years to plug the gap in its transmission systems. (Image source: Synergy Consulting)

BII commits US$75mn to second Green Basket Bond with Symbiotics Investments to finance small-scale green projects in Africa, South, and South-East Asia. (Image source:

Transforming Africa's digital economy: Data Centres powering growth, innovation, and sustainability in the digital era. (Image source: Adobe Stock)

The Linnhoff TSD1500 Asphalt Mixing Plant is undertaking crucial work on two rural road projects in Kenya. (Image source: Lintec & Linnhoff)

AI-driven energy-sharing platform will be integrated with ABB energy management technology. (Image source: ABB)

ENGIE Energy Access starts mini-grid construction in Zambia. (Image source: ENGIE Energy Access)

ATIDI and Globeleq boost Kenya’s renewable energy with pioneering geothermal initiative, reinforcing regional sustainability goals.

This partnership aims to enhance sustainable development and advance climate action initiatives throughout the continent. (Image source: Adobe Stock)

Orange Energies has aimed to make energy more accessible, becoming a preferred partner for energy producers in regions where half the population lacks electricity. (Image source: Adobe Stock)

Global primary energy consumption overall was at a record absolute high in 2023. (Image source: Adobe Stock)

Genset BuyersGuide
Construction Buyers Guide