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Top 40 Under 40 Women Feted : Dr. Fiona Moejes Named in Business Daily’s Top 40 Under 40

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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.

 

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Meet the 2018 Mawazo Scholars

In 2018, Mawazo recruited its first cohort of female PhD Scholars. Our final 10 scientists represent six leading Kenyan universities and 10 distinctive fields of research, ranging from Applied Mathematics, to Design and Creative Media, to Environmental Science, to Virology....

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How to Bring Affordable, Sustainable Electricity to Africa

Energy poverty, or the lack of access to electricity and other basic energy services, affects nearly two-thirds of Sub-Saharan Africa. As the region’s population continues to increase, so will the need to build a new energy system to grow with...

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2019 Africa Science Week-Kenya: Compilation Video

Africa Science Week is an initiative of the Next Einstein Forum that takes place in 35 countries across the continent. The 2019 Kenya edition of the event, Africa Science Week-Kenya took place from November 4th to 8th 2019 and was...

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Business Daily Africa: #Balance for Better: Science Is My Little Thing – March 2019

Each year on March 8, the world celebrates International Women’s Day. This year Mawazo Scholar- Elizabeth Benson was featured in an article on the Business Daily Africa Newspaper. She discusses navigating gender hurdles in STEM fields and how Mawazo support...

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Want to be a Woman in Science? Here’s Advice From Those Who’ve Gone Before – February 2019

Three of our Mawazo Scholars- Judith Koskey, Marilyn Ronoh, and Melisa Allela shared their advice for aspiring women scientists on the Conversation Africa. Read the rest of our Scholar blogs here.

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El Periodico:

Talents Round Trip: The Mobility of African Scientists Can be Translated into Development- February 2019

This article features interviews with African scientists including our Co-Founder and CEO- Dr. Rose M. Mutiso on brain drain and the mobility of African women scientists. This is part of a project on African women scientists funded by the European...