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Alexander Lang edited this page Sep 25, 2013 · 8 revisions

Add people we should interview.

Martha Chumo (confirmed)

Jasper Grosskurth (confirmed)

Will Mutua (confirmed)

Nivi Mukherjee

  • Location: Nairobi, Kenya
  • Founder of eLimu: http://e-limu.org/ which takes interactive tablets into the classroom.
  • Picture: http://e-limu.org/images/stories/nivilaunch.png
  • Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ckIdF2dG0E4
  • Bio: Nivi Mukherjee is the co-founder and CEO of eLimu. As a social entrepreneur, technophile and community volunteer, she is passionate about empowering youth and engaging in community initiatives that foster development and fun. She was the Education Quality Assurance Manager at the Institute of Software Technologies, an IT training company based in Nairobi. She also runs Maisha ni Matamu, a "funucational" social project that aims to bring a day full of joy every month to children who are underprivileged and/or orphaned. In her spare time, Nivi organizes cultural festivals, bakes, knits, runs half marathons, folds origami and plays Fußball. As a child, her favourite toy was the Speak & Spell. (http://e-limu.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27&Itemid=51)
  • Why we should to talk to him/her: Because she quit her job to start something awesome. Because e-Limu does not just bring tablets into classrooms, but changes the way children are being educated in Kenya.
  • What to talk about: e-Limu, tech as a teaching tool

Kepha Ngito

Mark Kaigwa (confirmed)

Simeon Oriko (confirmed)

AkiraChix

  • Location: Nairobi, Kenya
  • Women in Tech Initiative, http://akirachix.com/: "In a continent where women form a majority of the population and half of the workforce, it is an anomaly that the percentage of women working in technology is less than 15%. Technology is one of the key factors driving Africa’s projected economic rise. As such, there is enormous potential for maximizing the growth of technology through increasing the number and quality of women in technology."
  • Not sure who to talk to - they are not answering emails, I will approach Jessica (see below)
  • What to talk about: Women in Tech

Erik Hersman

Jessica Colaco

Mark Kamau

  • Location: Nairobi, Kenya
  • Research Lead at http://www.ihub.co.ke/uxlab/about
  • Picture: http://www.ihub.co.ke/uploads/default/files/team/mark.jpg
  • Video: http://vimeo.com/7813460
  • Bio: "Mark Kamau is a designer at heart and is passionate about design. He has been teaching design for over a decade and has international experience both in the continent and in Europe. He is passionate and excited about Africa and believes Africa should engage intelligently to solve her own socio-economic problems. He believes smart design truly has power to change Africa!" http://www.ihub.co.ke/uxlab/about
  • Why we should to talk to him/her: Because he is a great guy, and because he designed his way out of a slum into iHub. Great story, as told on TED.
  • What to talk about: Design and its role in changing Africa, Tech as a way to make your own future in Africa

Naomi Ragai

Carolyne Ekyarisiima

  • Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
  • Project: APPS and GIRLS (https://www.facebook.com/AppsAndGirls)
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  • Bio: Ekyarisiima Carolyne founded Apps and Girls in June 2013 after a Rails Girls and Super sisters workshop in Dar es Salaam. She found that with this project her "dream come true" and could " do something to help women" in her country. (http://supersisters.net/blog/apps-and-girls-tanzania)
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  • What to talk about:
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