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Top 40 Under 40 Women Feted : Dr. Fiona Moejes Named in Business Daily’s Top 40 Under 40
Daily Nation
On August 31st 2025; Mawazo Institute’s CEO, Dr. Fiona Wanjiku Moejes and Director of Finance Elizabeth Ngala, were featured in the Daily Nation following the recognition of Business Daily’s Top 40 Under 40 Women. The annual list is one of Kenya’s most prestigious platforms for spotlighting young women leaders under 40 who are driving change across diverse sectors, including business, technology, culture, sports, and advocacy.
NATION:
Africa needs to re-energise investment in women start-ups – March 2024
On Tuesday the 5th of March 2024, The Nation ran an opinion piece by Mawazo Communications Lead, Carolyne Tunnen. As a run-up to the International Women’s Day, 2024, the piece centers the IWD theme of the year “Count her in:...
KTN News:
Africa Speaks International Women’s Day: Recognizing Women Researchers – March 2024
On Thursday the 7th of March 2024, KTN News hosted a panel interview featuring; 2023 Mawazo Fellow Dorcas Mwigereri and 2021 Mawazo Fellow Margaret Muriuki, as part of the discussions centered on International Women’s Day 2024. The panel discussion centered...
NATION:
Dr. Ronoh, the don combating HIV with ‘Beshte’, a Sheng speaking AI chatbot – March 2024
On Wednesday the 13th of March 2024, The Nation ran a feature news piece on 2018 Mawazo Fellow, Dr. Marilyn Ronoh and her brainchild Beshte, the HIV & AIDS chatbot. The feature highlighted the need behind the innovation by Dr.Marilyn...
NATION:
PhD candidate advocates for urine test to screen for cervical cancer – March 2024
On March 25th the Daily Nation headquartered in Kenya and with a readership across the East African region, published a feature interview of PhD candidate Loise Nthambi, a 2023 Mawazo Fellow, on her research promoting urine testing as a method...
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS:
To make water last year-round, Kenyans in dry regions are building sand dams on seasonal rivers – March 2024
On 25th March, the Associated Press published a story citing 2021 Mawazo Fellow Dorcas Benard as an expert. The piece explores how Kenyans living in drought stricken regions of the country have resorted to constructing sand dams on seasonal water...
NewsPaper
Africa: Why Govts must chart course on tackling emerging disease threats – January 2024
Dr. Thérèse Umuhoza, 2021 Mawazo Fellow and current Associate Director at Global Public Health and Development, Africa at Holden Fitzgerald published an OpEd in the Rwandan online newspaper Newspaper.Africa on “Why Governments must chart [a] course on tackling emerging disease...