8 Years of Excellence: Delight Technical College’s Journey From 2018 to Today
By Delight Technical College | Our Story | 2026
In 2018, a vision was born on Muindi Mbingu Street in the heart of Nairobi: a college that would prove creative skills could transform lives. Eight years later, Delight Technical College has grown from that vision into one of Nairobi’s most respected creative institutions and one of the most exciting TVET colleges in East Africa. This is our story.
🌱 2018- The Beginning
Delight Technical College opened its doors in 2018 with a focus on tailoring and fashion design. The founding conviction was simple but powerful: creative skills, properly taught in a supportive, professional environment, can open doors that academic qualifications alone cannot. The first cohort of students experienced first-hand that this was true.
📈 Growing Into a Creative Institution
In the years that followed, Delight expanded steadily and deliberately adding new programmes, building new facilities, and attracting students from across Kenya, East Africa, and beyond. The college grew from a tailoring school into a multi-disciplinary creative institution with two full schools:
- The School of Tailoring, Fashion & Design
- The School of Media & Artificial Intelligence
🏛️ Accreditation and Recognition
A landmark moment in Delight’s journey was achieving full TVETA accreditation- Registration Number TVETA/PRIVATE/TVC/0080/2022. This formal government recognition validated the quality of training that students and alumni had always known. It also meant that Delight certificates, examined by CDACC and NITA, carried full national credibility.
🌍 Eight Years of Impact
- Hundreds of graduates working across Kenya and East Africa
- Fashion designers running successful labels and boutiques
- Filmmakers producing content for Kenyan and international audiences
- Photographers building thriving studios and personal brands
- AI and tech professionals driving digital transformation
- Journalists and content creators shaping Kenya’s digital media landscape
- Entrepreneurs employing other Delight graduates
🚀 The Vision- Still Alive
Eight years in, the founding vision to be Africa’s leading hub for technical, creative and entrepreneurial excellence is more alive than ever. Delight’s facilities are more advanced, its programmes more comprehensive, its alumni network stronger, and its reputation better established than at any point in its history.
But the most important measure of Delight’s journey is not facilities or accreditation, it is the students whose lives have been changed. The tailor who started with a Trade Test and now runs a thriving business. The filmmaker who produced their first short film at Delight and is now working on a feature. The fashion designer who showed their first collection at a Delight runway and is now selling internationally.
“Eight years ago, we believed that creative education could change lives. Eight years later, we have the graduates to prove it.”
📍 Join the Next Chapter
If you are reading this and wondering whether Delight is the right place for you. Come and see for yourself. Visit our campus on Muindi Mbingu Street, meet our tutors and students, and experience the Delight atmosphere. The next eight years of Delight’s story are being written and you can be part of them.
💡 Intake is in progress. Contact us today to begin your application: +254 722 533 771 | www.delight.ac.ke
📍 Delight Technical College | Muindi Mbingu Street, Opposite Jevanjee Gardens, Nairobi | +254 722 533 771 | www.delight.ac.ke
