About Amani Kibera
Amani Kibera is a youth-led community-based organization founded in Kibera in 2007 to promote peace and social cohesion. Its work rests on three pillars: health, education, and climate. Its programs include youth leadership and mentorship, and the Wezesha Girls Empowerment Program, which runs a fashion design school for young women at risk, including young mothers and survivors of gender-based violence. Students complete six months of fashion design training. Because many of these women are mothers who need an income, Amani Kibera built a social enterprise where they continue learning, produce items for sale, and earn a living from their skills. Amani Kibera joins the 2026/27 cohort as a returning organization, building on the research completed with the 2025/26 LSE team.
suggested project & deliverables
In the 2025/26 cycle, LSE students helped Amani Kibera develop a theory of change for its social enterprise, mapping inputs, outputs, and long-term impact, and build a business model canvas covering customer segments, products, and market access. Since then, the enterprise has begun producing tote bags, wash bags, and sanitary pads. Its income currently comes from exhibitions and from visitors who buy products when they come to the organization. This year, Amani Kibera seeks support from the S-Bize program to put the business model canvas into action: identifying its customers clearly and building a route into the global market. Reaching international buyers would expand production, raise the income the young women earn, and sustain both the enterprise and the wider organization over the long term.