STEM WOW
Read the latest inspiring stories of our STEM Women of the Week.
STEM WOW is a project by Nsesa Foundation to tell the stories of young inspirational African women on the continent and in the diaspora who are rocking it in the field of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics).
From January 2018, we have been sharing the stories of such women with 2.5 million people across the world on our website and social media pages.
We hope to inspire the next generation of female African Innovators, Scientists, Engineers and STEM educators with these powerful stories.
Meet Lawrencia Asabea Osei, Research Methods Consultant & Co-founder of PALMAS Consultancy, Ghana
Lawrencia Asabea Osei is a Guan from Ghana. She is a freelance Data Scientist, a part-time tutor in Mathematics at Beacon School, a part-time Asst. Accountant and a Research Methods Consultant & Co-founder of PALMAS Consultancy. Read More
Meet Tutu Joy Ilelaboye, Chapter Lead at Canada Learning Code (Toronto, Canada)
Tutu Joy Ilelaboye is a Chapter Lead at Canada Learning Code, a national non-profit organization that delivers tech education for youth and adults. She runs the Toronto Digital Skills for Beginners program where adult participants learn code and web development skills, including HTML, CSS, JQuery, SEO, Design, and UX. Read More
Meet Bilikisu Aderinto, Business Data Analyst and Managing Partner at Business Data Laboratory, Nigeria
Bilikisu Aderinto is a Business Data Analyst and a Managing Partner at Business Data Laboratory in Abuja, Nigeria. Read More
Meet Mahalinoro Razafimanjato, Computer Science Major at the African Leadership University
Mahalinoro Razafimanjato is a second-year student at the African Leadership University in Rwanda and a recipient from the Mandela Centennial Scholarship. She is currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science. Read More
Meet Amanda Obidike, Executive Director of STEMi Makers Africa
Amanda Obidike is a Certified professional in STEM by the Open University (United Kingdom) and Executive Director of The Science, Technology, Engineering, Math and Innovation Makers of Africa (STEMi Makers Africa) where she created sustainable and implementable projects in underserved communities across 17 Sub-Saharan African countries. The goal is to prepare the next generation of Africans with STEM emerging opportunities to become experienced for Africa's workforce by 2030. Read More
Meet Dr Dephney Mathebula, Senior Lecturer at the University of Venda, South Africa
Dr Mathebula was born at Muyexe Village in Giyani (South Africa). She had her basic education at Muyexe Primary School and Hatlani Muyexe High School. She is currently working at the University of Venda (UNIVEN) as a Senior Lecturer and supervises a number of postgraduate students. Dr Mathebula holds a BSc degree in Mathematics and Statistics (UNIVEN), BSc Hons in Mathematics (UNIVEN), BSc Hons in Biomathematics (Stellenbosch University), MSc in Biomathematics (Stellenbosch University) and PhD in Mathematics (UNIVEN). Read More
Meet Dr Nabila Ahmed Rufa’L, Lecturer in Electrical Engineering at Bayero University Kano, Nigeria
Dr Rufa’I was born in September 1987 in the ancient city of Kano in North-western Nigeria. She completed her primary and secondary education in Kano before proceeding to Bayero University Kano for her undergraduate studies in Electrical Engineering. Upon graduation, she was employed as a Technical consultant on Renewable Energy Systems in a private company in Nigeria. She later enrolled in a Master’s program in Electrical Engineering and Renewable Energy Systems at the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom, where she graduated with distinction. Dr Nabila Ahmed Rufa’I graduated from the same University with a PhD in Electronic and Electrical Engineering in 2019. Read More
Meet Miriam Kaloki, Doctoral Student in Population Studies, University of Nairobi, Kenya
Miriam is a Kenyan doctoral student in Population Studies at the University of Nairobi. She is also a Statistics and Applied Mathematics lecturer at Mount Kenya University as well as a consultant in Statistics and Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E). Read More
Meet Lydia Gathoni, Data Scientist and an Applications Developer
Lydia Gathoni is currently working as a Data Scientist focused on using data to make predictive models and solving problems. She is a graduate of Kabarak University with a BSc. in Computer Science majoring in Software Engineering. She has over 4 years of experience in software development where she has worked on several projects and developed systems in various fields and websites. Read More
Meet Flora Ponjou Tasse, Head of CV/AI Research at Streem Inc
Born and raised in Cameroon, Flora is the Head of CV/AR Research at Streem Inc - an Augmented Reality company based in Portland, US. She specializes in AI applied to Computer Graphics and Vision problems which involve understanding or generating visual content. Read More
Meet Grace Kago, PhD candidate in Cell and Molecular Biology University of Texas at Austin, USA
Grace is a Kenyan-American scientist who emigrated from Kenya to the USA when she was in middle school. In college, she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Biology with a Minor in Art History from McDaniel College (Maryland, USA). She is currently a doctoral student and National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellow in the Cell and Molecular Biology program at the University of Texas at Austin. She has presented posters detailing her research at various international conferences like the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) and Biophysical Society (BPS). Read More
Get Involved - Join the Innovation Revolution
Volunteer
Join the Innovation Revolution by volunteering in one of our programmes. We depend on a network of volunteers to help us run our programmes every year. Find out how you can volunteer.
Partner
Join the Innovation Revolution by partnering with us. By partnering with us to run STEM based programs, we are able to combine forces and resources to reach out to far more young people than we can do on our own. Learn how.
Donate
Join the Innovation Revolution by making a donation. Your kind contributions will help us sponsor more learners to participate in our programmes every year.
Stay up to date!
Join our newsletter and be the first one to know about our programmes, events, opportunities and what our students and alumni are up to.