During the Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2015 Kenya, a lady
addressed the two heads of states president Uhuru Kenyantta and Barrack
Obama. It’s time to know who she is and what she does;
Her name is Judith Owigar, and the president of Akirachix; a
revolution for African women and technology. She is a coder, a blogger
and a tech enthusiast. She graduated from the University of Nairobi with
a diploma and degree in computer science.
Judith has worked in various capacities in the field of technology.
She started off as a tech support specialist in a Kenyan company called
Turnkey Africa. Turnkey Africa is a start up that provides solutions to
insurance companies and banks in Africa. She later moved to the position
of developer at a start up called Ibid Labs. There she honed her
developer skills. She later moved to Japan Center for Conflict
Prevention (JCCP); an organization the deals with peace building in
Macedonia, Afghanistan and East Africa. While attending the launch of
the iHub, a space for hackers, designers and bloggers in Nairobi, she
met up with other likeminded ladies who noticed the few ladies in
attendance. They decided to increase the ratio of women to men in tech
and thus formed Akirachix.
She was awarded the unsung heroes award by the US Embassy in kenya
for promoting women and giving them a voice using science and
technology. She was also recognized as one of the top 50 SMEs in the
Infodev Global forum.
In 2007 while she was named the Best Female Engineer at the
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers students’ exhibition.
Here is the 28 year old who addressed President Obama & Uhuru at GES Kenya 2015
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