KenyaUgandaSomalilandTanzaniaZanzibarDenmark
Who we are
An organisation built around trainers, not software.
We move people from unskilled to skilled to certified to employed.
nOmy began as a chef-led response to a simple observation: businesses could not find skilled staff, and young people could not find work. Since 2019 we have trained more than a thousand people across five countries in hospitality, food service and food production, working with colleges, ministries, employers and community partners.
We deliver training at your facility and help design the SOPs and the structure around them, supported by specialised courses and compliance modules on the nOmy platform. Practical on site, documented and followed up online — and it always ends in something the learner owns: a verified credential.
- Our trainers
- Professional chefs, food production specialists, educators and assessors with operational experience across East Africa and Europe. People who have run the operation, not only taught it.
- On your premises
- We deliver training at your facility and help design the SOPs and the structure around them — the kitchen, the lodge, the production line — and assess practical competence in real conditions.
- Built from real demand
- Every module comes from documented labour market needs — food safety, handling, production, value addition, service and operations — not from a generic syllabus.
Training programmes · East Africa
Our approach
Education, industry and public institutions, working together.
We believe sustainable workforce development is created when education, industry and public institutions work together.
Rather than delivering isolated projects, our programmes are designed to create long-term value by combining practical learning with digital tools, local partnerships and continuous follow-up.
Across all activities we work towards
- Strengthening vocational education
- Supporting job creation
- Improving workforce quality
- Increasing local value addition
- Reducing food loss and waste
- Strengthening local businesses
- Creating long-term traceability of learning, employment and job retention
Seven years · five countries
The numbers tell part of the story.
1,000+
Individuals trained
500+
Certified hospitality workers
780+
Training videos on the platform
60
Learning modules deployed
300
Businesses supported
26
Private partners
5
Government partnerships
50
Jobs created
The case
The workforce is there and willing. What is missing is access to structured training, recognised certification and documented career pathways.
12 million
young people enter the African job market every year
Africa
Most
food and hospitality workers in the region have never had access to formal vocational training
East Africa
One third
of food is lost or wasted through handling, storage and processing gaps
Global
Lower cost
structured workforce training measurably reduces operating cost and waste
Sector-wide
What we see
- High youth unemployment and underemployment
- Limited access to quality vocational education
- Weak compliance and food safety standards
- An informal workforce with no certification pathway
- High staff turnover and low productivity
What changes when skills are addressed
- Improved food safety and public health
- Better quality in tourism and hospitality
- Increased productivity for small businesses
- Stronger export competitiveness
- More and better jobs for young people
How we work
Blended: learned on the phone, proven on the floor.
No one leaves the workplace for weeks of classroom theory, and no business has to buy equipment. Training fits around operations instead of against them.
70%
On the phone
Specialised courses and compliance modules are completed on any smartphone, at the learner's own pace, with no time off the floor. Built for low-bandwidth conditions.
30%
On site
Our trainers and assessors work in your operation, help structure your SOPs and sign off practical competence against a standard.
100%
Documented
Progress, assessment and certification are recorded automatically and land in a Digital Skills Passport the worker keeps for life.
Practical handling & value addition
Waste falls and by-products become revenue instead of loss.
Hygiene & food safety competency
Full HACCP documentation, inspection-ready operations.
Structured onboarding
New hires arrive with a baseline; managers operate instead of retraining.
Verified credentials
Hiring stops being guesswork — competence is documented and checkable.
The digital infrastructure
The system that carries the training.
Our platform is how one trainer reaches a hundred kitchens — and how the result is documented well enough to be trusted by an employer, an inspector or a ministry.
Learn & train
Build skills. Improve performance.
- Mobile-first training
- Short, visual lessons on the phone already in the pocket.
- Built by your own people
- Chefs, teachers and managers author courses in minutes.
- Practical assessment
- Quizzes, photo proof, video skills and written answers.
- Works with low connectivity
- Lightweight content designed for real conditions.
Monitor & comply
Verify actions. Prove compliance.
- Digital checklists
- SOPs, HACCP controls and daily routines, standardised.
- Real-time visibility
- See completion, temperatures and yield as the shift runs.
- Corrective actions
- Flag an issue, assign it, close the loop with evidence.
- Audit-ready reports
- Export documentation for inspectors and certification bodies.
The learning journey
Training connected to the real shift.
- 01
Learn
Micro courses and video lessons
- 02
Practice
Tasks on the real work floor
- 03
Document
Photos, readings and checklists
- 04
Verify
Manager or teacher approval
- 05
Certify
Certificates issued on the platform
- 06
Passport
A record the worker keeps for life
The nOmy Skills Passport
A verified record of a working life.
Every completed course, approved task and issued certificate lands in a private passport the worker owns — not the employer.
- Completed courses and assessment results
- Certificates with the issuing entity named
- Practical competencies proven at work
- A unique QR code any third party can verify
- Stays with the worker after a licence ends
Who we work with
Built for hospitality, food and service operations.
Programmes 2026–28
Four connected programmes, one ecosystem.
Where we are today
From results to scalable impact.
The journey so far reflects more than six years of practical implementation, partnership development and continuous learning across East Africa.
What began as small-scale hospitality training has gradually evolved into integrated programmes combining vocational education, digital certification, workforce documentation and local enterprise development.
From the founder
“I did not arrive in East Africa to build a technology company. I came as a chef. Businesses could not find skilled staff, and young people could not find work. The challenge was never education alone — it was connecting education, industry and opportunity.”
Jonas Karl Cronqvist · Founder, nOmy Group
“This culinary platform will create high-yield pathways to employment, equipping youth with market-driven, green hospitality skills that match global and local demand.”
“Together, we are building stronger systems and brighter futures.”
Contact our team
Educate. Elevate. Empower.
Training programmes, partnerships and platform access all start with a conversation with our team or one of our local agents. There is no open sign-up — accounts are issued through nOmy or your organisation's administrator.
- info@nomy.co
- Head office
- nOmy Group ApS
Villestoftevej 12
2770 Kastrup, Danmark - Where we work
- Kenya · Uganda · Somaliland · Tanzania · Zanzibar · Denmark