CEMASTEA is currently housing Innovation Kenya in the ICT laboratory, conducting a GMin Innovate Challenges (InChallenges) program which is a national invention challenge for youth in Sierra Leone, Kenya and South Afri­ca. The program runs for 3 weeks starting 13^th April, ending 1^st May, 2015.

The InChallenges program elicits project proposals from youth around the country and offers design workshops, seed funding, and mentorship to select finalists in order for them to develop their concepts into tangible solu­tions that positively affect their community. The InChallenges program enhances critical and creative thinking, promotes civic engage­ment, strengthens STEAM literacies and de­velops entrepreneurship and leadership skills.

Launched in 2012, the InChallenges program has received close to 800 project proposals to date. Over 200 youth between the ages of 13-18 have created over 70 working prototypes that tackled pressing challenges in their local communities including agriculture, environ­ment, art, communication, health, sanitation and energy. Over 50% of participants are girls and 90% of students have pursued higher edu­cation or entrepreneurship after participation in InChallenges.