General Info
Professional Track
- Information Technology
Country
RwandaAreas of Expertise
- Educational Technology and E-Learning
- Digital Media
- Information Systems Management
Professional Interests
- Linear and collaborative learning
- Media tech businesses
- Data policies and decision support systems
Age
24The Top Three Things I Would Like to Learn or Experience During my Mentorship
- Skills and insights on how to bringing digital technology to all the girls and women, especially in rural areas.
- Policies and strategies to accelerate women and girls inclusion in STEM fields.
- Practical solutions for including more women and girls in digital skills in developing countries.
Ideal Company Type
I would like to be placed in a large tech company where I can learn more about practical solutions for diversity and women in STEM inclusion.
Additional Technical Skills
C, C++, Visual Basic
What are three adjectives that best describe you in the work place?
- Authentic
- Brave
- Resourcefulness
What impact will your mentorship have on your career and professional path?
TechWomen's mentorship program will equip me with a diverse and advanced approach and various strategies of creating an inclusive platform where more girls and women across Africa are inspired to pursue and stay in STEM fields. This opportunity will also help me to enhance my skill set and knowledge in the IT areas of policy decision-making, practical Solutions for Diversity and Inclusion as well as Gender, Information Technology. This will ensure the success of my tasks and serving the emerging STEM women across Africa, and lead to an increase in the number of girls and women in higher-level STEM fields.
After participating in the TechWomen program, how will you leverage your mentorship experience to make an impact in your home country?
Throughout TechWomen program, I will gain more skills and insights on how to bringing digital technology to all the girls and women, especially in rural areas so that they can have access to real-time information, mentorship, and career guidance. After participating in TechWomen Program, I will work with different STEM institutions including the Rwanda Tech Women alumni to mobilize different resources to inspire and mentor young girls in Rwanda.
Work History
Years of Full-time Work Experience
3Primary Professional Focus
- Educational technology
- Individual contributor leading innovation
- Technical project and program manager
Current/Most Recent Job
- Title and Company: Programs Director, Rwanda Girls in ICT
- Direct Reports: 4
- Type: Full-time
- Location: Kigali, Rwanda
- Dates: –
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Responsibilities:
As the Director of Programs at Rwanda Girls in ICT, I plan and coordinate mentorship implementation plans, boot camps, and Ms. Geek Africa competition to encourage innovation among students. I make strategic outreach plans for an organization that reaches 500 girls each year. I give my contribution to ensure that Rwanda Girls in ICT's mission is accomplished which is to create women inclusion in all sectors especially in the area of STEM.
Job #2
- Title and Company: Projects and Communications Manager, kLab
- Type: Full-time
- Location: Kigali, Rwanda
- Dates: August 1, 2018 – September 1, 2019
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Responsibilities:
As the project and communication manager to the kLab management team, I handled the pipeline systems towards enhancing the company's productivity, functioned as primary liaison to different stakeholders, and ensured a consistently positive company image both inside and out of the country. Key roles played: Provided principal administrative support in areas such as calendar management Travel coordination; Assigned exceedingly functions managing different projects like coding classes in 3 refugee camps; Monitored different Tech hackathons and coordinated emerging startups to outsource the available opportunities to attain growth and initiatives aiming at promoting the technology innovation startups ecosystem.
Education History
Highest Level of Education Completed
Bachelor'sInstitution #1
- Institution: Southern New Hampshire University
- Degree Awarded: Bachelor's
- Major: Communications
- Minor: Business
- Location: United States
- Completion Date: December 1, 2020
