Impact Stories

Zalia Shehe is a former student at Likoni Mixed high school in Mombasa.She first interacted with Pwani Teknowgalz through Technovation program in her school. During the program, she was the best student awarded for being bold to finish creating and presenting a mobile application that her team was working on.She and her team members created a mobile application:Easy Disposal that helps in solving problem of waste management by identifying areas that can dispose off waste safely.She was awarded as the best Technovation student in Mombasa after her exemplary presentation during the regional pitch. After completing high school studies,Zalia joined Pwani Teknowgalz computer essential classes and later proceeded with…

  My name is Latifa Noor,I am 20 Years old I live in Mombasa Kisauni subcounty .I finished my high school education in the year 2016 at Hassan Joho Girls secondary school and currently I am a student at Pwaniteknowgalz I always wanted to learn more about technology and what happens at the background of it all like the code they have to put in place so that things can work. The software and the hardware of it all.I had a dream of becoming a developer and digging deep in to technology field.I always was curious to know how the programs in our computers in our school lab…

“A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform” Diane Mariechild Meet Mercy Wafula from Eldoret in the Rift valley regions of Kenya.she was one of the attendees of the Django Girls Mombasa Workshop that took plavce on 11th February 2017 at Swahilipot Hub .Mercy is a web developer and loves programming.she heard about Pwani Teknowgalz and was inspired by the mentorship and training programs that Pwani Teknowgalz engages the girls in and its goal in bridging the gender gap of women in Technology .She took the initiative and created a Pwani Teknowgalz branch in Eldoret : Rift Teknowgalz .She started…