Fellow-founded STEMi Makers wins spot in HundrED’s Top 100 global innovators

STEMi Makers, an organization founded by fellow Amanda Obidike (Nigeria, 2022), has recently earned a place among HundrED’s top 100 most impactful innovations that are changing the face of education in a post-COVID world. HundrED is a mission-driven global organization based in Finland that seeks to recognize and amplify the visibility of global educators who are making a positive impact on global K-12 education through impactful and scalable innovations. STEMi Makers was selected as a top 100 finalist among nearly 3500 applicants reviewed by a committee of academics, educators, innovators, students and leaders from 113 countries. Founded in 2018, STEMi Makers is a platform that works to improve African students’ digital literacy, future-focused skills and employment outcomes by training their educators in how to adopt new competency-based skills and knowledge. They achieve this by hosting bootcamps and partnering with companies and organizations that can provide resources, training and learning opportunities for targets across the African continent. “Our future economic growth,” Amanda states, “depends on an aligned education & future-focused system that supports developmental efforts in generating talents needed to become self-reliant & problem-solvers using STEM.”​