STEMing from Africa

This week, Eilleen shares her journey on studying all around the world. She talks about her path to a PhD in biomedical engineering and the  challenges she's faced so far including obstacles in seeking employment at home.

In this week’s episode, Auxilia, a clinical research professional, talks about finding her way to her present role through passing through several other career paths as well as how she fuses her scientific and artistic sides.

This week's guest, Liz, is an engineer who talks about starting a job in the middle of the pandemic and having to adapt to a slightly different path. She shares her other ventures in life including her plan to dominate the world with sugared avocados. Enjoy our conversation!

This week's guest is Keziah Ntwiga, a mechatronics engineer with a deep love for music. She talks about the intersection between the two and shares her experience as an engineer.

This week’s guest talks about navigating university, job hunting and the beginning of her engineering career as young woman. Jemimah shares some street smart tips that have helped her not only survive but thrive in her workplace and life

This week's guest is the founder of Queengineers, an online magazine that highlights female engineers. Wakoli talks to us about how she endeavours to live life to the fullest, having 6 jobs in 7 years and the role she plays in the energy industry. 

Read Queengineers here: https://viewer.joomag.com/queengineers-issue-3/0105245001565540478

Are we repeating mistakes that other cities have made with our infrastructure? This weeks guest, Yvonne, speaks to us about what progress means and looks like in building sustainable cities from her perspective as an urban planner. 

This week, we talk to Laura Lepore, an electrical engineer. She shares her struggles with transitioning from school to the workplace as well as her impressive achievements so far and her innovative hopes for the future.

We’re back with a new episode after a month long break. This week, I’m speaking to Brenda Moraa about her work as a construction project manager. I learnt so much speaking with her and I hope you do too!

I also share my thoughts on loss, grief, and International Women’s Day.

This week I’m reminiscing on practising medicine in rural Kenya and speaking to Dr. Nyamute about her work as a psychiatrist and her thoughts on mental health in Kenya.

This week's episode features Afandi, a digital literacy advocate, who talks about her working in bridging the digital literacy gap in Kenya as well as her passion for mentorship and community. 

Find her here: https://twitter.com/afandi_indiatsi

This week, Sally, an electrical engineer, gives us some insight into the workings of KPLC (Kenya Power and Lighting Company). She also talks about her initiative, Ash Gold Africa Initiative, and its work in increasing the number of young girls and women in STEM.

You can reach Sally on:

Tel: +254729723556

Happy new year! On the first episode of 2022, we listen to Neema, a civil engineer, talk about her work and research in new building materials as well as other areas of her life.

This week, I had the pleasure of speaking to Refilwe, a neuroscientist from Botswana currently living and studying in Canada. We spoke in depth about her work, her love for psychology and other talents. 

Refilwe's podcast:  https://open.spotify.com/show/2zbOadU7avVaUE6wp4Qjga?si=303953e202f24dc7

This week, I speak to Naima, a software engineer. She is passionate about tech and opening spaces up for other women and girls.

Follow Naima: https://www.instagram.com/dayaxnhidig/

Podcast of the week: Legally clueless https://open.spotify.com/show/0hOD1cMN0EVLYojlTWQITO?si=90f749fd3dd64424

This week, I speak to Samira about her career path and her plans to merge educating and engineering. She leaves us with valuable words on being kind to oneself through the confusion and chaos of figuring things out.

On this episode I speak to my good friend, Daisy, a biochemist. She spoke candidly about the challenges she’s had along the way including quitting a prestigious PhD.

This week's episode features Mbithe Nzomo, a computer scientist and PhD researcher at the University of Cape Town whose interests lie in Artificial Intelligence. She talks about her journey so far, her super interesting work and how she hopes to eventually get a cat.