Ms.Charity is a vibrant entrepreneur with a keen interest in the renewable energy and construction spaces. She is co-founder of Strauss Energy Ltd., an award-winning energy enterprise that seeks to alleviate energy poverty in Kenya and Africa at large. Ms. Charity is a TechWomen Fellow, registered architect and project manager. She’s also alumni of Babson College’s Centre for Women Entrepreneurs. She indulges in the building and energy industry through reduction of poverty by affording everyone a solar powered roof that can also generate passive income for their home. In 2018, Ms. Charity was listed in Forbes “Top 50 Women in Tech in the World” and awarded “African female tech entrepreneur” by the World Economic Forum in 2017. She was also nominated as “Business Woman of the Year” by the All Africa Business Leaders Awards (AABLA) in the same year. Ms. Charity was also one among 40 most influential women in Kenya under the 2016 Business Daily “Top40Under40”. Not one to shy away from a good challenge, and to maintain a healthy balance in life, she enjoys the outdoors and a good hiking challenge is always welcome. In addition, Ms. Charity mentors young women and women entrepreneurs who seek to take up challenging STEM careers that will aid in changing the world for the better.

Ms. Adelle Onyango is a Kenyan media personality, podcaster & social activist who has gained international recognition for her efforts to empower African women and youth. She has been celebrated as one of Facebook’s 2019 Icons of Change; Africa Youth Awards 100 Most Influential Young Africans for 2019; OkayAfrica’s 100 extraordinary African women for 2018; and BBC’s 100 inspirational and innovative women in the world for 2017. Her podcast Legally Clueless was dubbed the most popular Kenyan podcast of 2019. She is also the founder of the Adelle Onyango Initiative and organization that creates programs to equip African youth with skills for the current job & business environment, as well as gives women who have survived rape access to a free group therapy program.

Ms. Khadija is muslim lady from Mombasa passionate about using technology as an agent of change. With nearly 8 years of working experience in tech, marketing, education & advertising, She has led diverse teams to deliver results for regionally and globally-renowned brands in the private sector – currently at one of the world’s foremost technology companies: Google. Khadija has a deep service orientation and extremely strong financial, interpersonal, project, relationship, and general management skills – forged in both her personal business ventures &  professional career. Managing the Grow with Google programs in 5 countries across Eastern Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Ethiopia) she has implemented social impact-oriented projects in education, youth employment, gender equality, online safety, e-commerce, health, and agriculture (food security)where she has gained skills that taught me how to be highly organised, work collaboratively in a team or alone and motivated to tackle different challenges in the ecosystem. In my role, Khadija has also cultivated relationships with key clients such as National Youth Service, University of Nairobi , and Safaricom Kenya which resulted in a 75% increase in numbers trained in East Africa.