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Innovation Expert
Mumbi Ndung’u #ZuriAwards 2023 STEM Honoree is a social innovation expert and leader having launched several enterprises since university, recent innovation is a tech learning platform dubbed: Power Learn Project (PLP) is a Pan-African social impact organization whose goal is to drive transformative change for youth in Africa by powering them with relevant Tech skills through the provision of quality and decentralized Tech training.
STEM Expert
Wangari is a host at AGRF 2021 international conference which raised awareness about youth in agriculture she is consistently teaching and inspiring all for free on Youtube on best Farming practices that has led to 1200 urban gardens.
Dada STEM
Muchunku Kawira is the Programs Lead at Dada STEM, where she plans and implements programs that are aimed at bridging the gender gap in STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics). She created a network of women in STEM in Tharaka Nithi County in Kenya while organizing the very first Women in STEM Conference in Tharaka Nithi County, a platform to help women and girls to interact and network so as to facilitate the exchange of knowledge, ideas and good practices among themselves from relevant industries and fields while demystifying that STEM is a male field. With her passion for kids, she tailored a program to help kids in the rural areas to learn about technology and STEM at large, which is achieved through ‘Kids Coding Week’ that happens when children close school for holidays. She is also a doctoral student in Computer Science while working as a lecturer at the university. Here, she mentors the university students while acting as an active role model.
Google Digital Skills Mentor and Trainer
Ann Gathura has a background in BSc. Actuarial Science from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology. She is passionate about Mathematics and impacting students into loving the subject. This is also reflected in her Career where Ann, is a Google Digital Skills Mentor and Trainer and has worked with more than 6 million people across Sub-Saharan Africa, guiding them on building an online presence and growing their businesses online.
Pwani Teknowgalz
Joan Nabusoba STEM Nominee # ZuriAwards 2021 is the Founder of Pwani Teknowgalz which conducts a broad spectrum of programs on technology for young women from marginalised communities in various counties. The programs she runs include Coders at American Spaces Kenya, STEM CAFÉ Kenya,Technovation,COdehack,Africa code week, Mombasa Girls in STEM and Django Girls.
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