The AITEC Banking and Mobile Money Conference this year has attracted a number of banking and technology professionals to share and empower the industry on innovation. Malcolm Arnold, the founder of Ruby Nuby, runs a program that creates internet technology jobs and incubates web based business to Kenya and Uganda.

Ruby Nuby, a firm based in New York City, seeks donated and used laptops to take their program to Uganda and Kenya.  The company teaches Ruby on Rails (RoR) Programming Language, related technologies and entrepreneurial skills to disadvantaged and at-risk youths.  Students get to learn alongside each other, creating socio-economic bridges and incubate businesses together through startup competitions. Malcolm is set to present more of his company’s initiative in Africa at the ihub Nairobi, today evening at 6pm.
“We target 9th graders(14-15 year olds) as they enter high school and teach them throughout the year. At the beginning of their 9th-10th grade summer they attend a Ruby Nuby Camp. After attending this camp, they qualify for paid internships and part-time jobs which we arrange through partnerships with companies that use RoR,” says Malcolm.
After 4 years of training with Ruby Nuby and using RoR in their internships and part-time jobs, graduates are marketable as intermediate Ruby/Rails developers commanding salaries of $50-80k/year in New York City, despite not having a college education and with no college debt.

In the spirit of this great initiative, Ruby Nuby is ready to partner with institutions and organizations that are ready to give a hand in this venture.