Impact Stories

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  Fellow(s): Charity Wanjiku

  Country: Kenya

  Region: SSA

  Cohort: 2017

  Project/Action: Fellow named one of Forbes’ top 50 women in tech

  Policy Area(s): Entrepreneurship, Environmental Sustainability, Professional Growth

  2017 fellow of Kenya Charity Wanjiku was recently named to the World’s Top 50 Women in Tech list by Forbes. The inaugural feature identifies forward-thinking founders, technologists and engineers who are leaders in their respective fields. Charity is the COO and co-founder of Strauss Energy, a solar company whose solar tiles power off-grid areas in rural Kenya and beyond. Through her company, Charity hopes to solve a lack of access to sustainable electricity by providing cost-effective and renewable energy to households and businesses.
  In a recent Forbes article, Charity spoke about Kenya’s limited grid capacity and the need for the solutions Strauss Energy provides: “This gives the opportunity to all Kenyans to have access to power and an improved living standard,” she said.
  During TechWomen, Charity was a part of the seed-grant winning action plan Project Digniti, which addresses sanitation-related illnesses by installing toilets in rural Kenyan schools. The team recently completed their pilot project at Nengerpus Primary School outside Nairobi.

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  Report Date: 12/10/18

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  Fellow(s): Ameni Mansouri

  Country: Tunisia

  Region: MENA

  Cohort: 2018

  Project/Action: Fellow’s company selected as top 100 African startup

  Policy Area(s): Entrepreneurship, Professional Growth

  2018 fellow Ameni Mansouri’s company, Dabchy, was selected as a Top 100 African Startup at the Africa 2018 Forum held this week in Egypt. Selected startups, chosen for their demonstrated success and future potential, were granted the opportunity to connect with international investors, financial institutions, government officials and policymakers from the African continent.
  Founded by Ameni in 2016, Dabchy is web-based fashion marketplace used by over 220,000 women across three countries in North Africa. In the coming months, Dabchy will be a part of Europe’s first fashion tech incubator, Look Forward, for their one-year program based in Paris.

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  Report Date: 12/10/18