SDG Quest

Gamifying the SDGs.

For many young people, the Sustainable Development Goals can feel distant from everyday life. SDG Quest creates a different entry point — through gaming, challenges, creativity and competition.

Nairobi Esports Expo controller with the Official Planeteer Club SDG wheel

The Journey

1

Play

Experience challenges through gaming and competition.

2

Discover

Discover the Sustainable Development Goals and the issues they address.

3

Understand

Connect global goals to local realities and everyday life.

4

Create

Use creativity, technology and collaboration to develop ideas and solutions.

5

Advance

Move from awareness to participation and action.

Gaming Meets the Goals

SDG 4: Quality Education

Gaming + Quality Education

In Action

Build digital learning solutions with KNLS, turning libraries into connected spaces for digital skills, gaming, AI and future-of-work learning.

SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Gaming + Decent Work

In Action

Unlock future roles for Kenya's youth and help make Nairobi the remote-work capital of the world through gaming, digital skills and global opportunity.

SDG 5: Gender Equality

Gaming + Gender Equality

In Action

Put more women in the game — creating pathways for women and girls into esports, technology, AI, cyber, space and the digital economy.

SDG 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Gaming + Innovation

In Action

Modernize urban planning using Unreal, drones, BIM and 3D visualization to design, simulate and build the infrastructure of tomorrow.

SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Gaming + Sustainable Cities

In Action

Turn Nairobi's mobility and infrastructure challenges into playable urban-development challenges using gamification, digital twins and simulation.

SDG 13: Climate Action

Gaming + Climate Action

In Action

Gamify climate action using SDG challenges, drones and Unreal Engine to collect, visualize and respond to real environmental data.

SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities

Gaming + Reduced Inequalities

In Action

Use gaming engines and MetaHumans to challenge bias and design more accessible digital services that work for more people.

SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Gaming + Partnerships

In Action

Connect gaming, technology and diplomacy through partnerships aligned with the Foreign Service Academy — building solutions across borders and sectors.

Youth. Gaming. Participation. Opportunity.

The SDGs Are Not Just Global Goals.

They Are the World Young People Are Inheriting.

The next generation should not simply be told about the SDGs. They should have opportunities to understand them, engage with them and help advance them.

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