African women in engineering
[8] She has received international recognition for her research examining turbine fan blades and their erosion due to air particles.
[15] She obtained a bachelor's degree in electrical mechanical engineering from the Kigali Institute of Science and Technology and was awarded a master's in communications management by KIST and Coventry University.
[19] In 2017, she quit her job as a data analyst and founded Gjenge Makers, which focuses on turning difficulty to recycle plastics into bricks stronger than concrete.
Before joining NCST, Dr. Cyulinyana served as a Physics lecturer at the University of Rwanda (UR) College of Science and Technology (UR-CST) from 2011 to 2021.
[24] In 2017 she was appointed by the president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo as a member of the board of directors for the country's national electric utility company, Société Nationale d'Électricité.
[26] Bavelile Hlongwa practiced chemical engineering in South Africa and became the Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy in 2019.
[31] Early in her career, she was hired to coordinate transportation for VIP and Media members for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
[32] She was appointed as a global leadership fellow by Youth Action Network and spent the next few years as a Pegasys Strategy and Development consultant.
[32] In 2016, she co-founded WomHub, an innovative company supporting high-growth female founders in STEM through their imagineering labs, co-working space, and fund.
She was the founder of Freshwater Software in 1996, a company that provided tools that help them enhance their presence on the Internet (citation).
She founded Leave a Little Room foundation, which provides housing, electricity, and vaccinations to low-income families around the world.
This enabled her to begin her career as the Secretary-General to the Ministry of Fisheries and continue as the head of the Senegal National Agency for Maritime Affairs.
[36] She gained a degree in mineral exploration and development from the National School of Geology and obtained her master's in chemistry from Abdou Moumouni University.
[37] She earned her bachelor's degrees in engineering and computer science from Dartmouth College and her Ph.D. in robotics and artificial intelligence from Carnegie Mellon University.
With members from 25 countries across Africa, AFRON's mission is to promote collaborations relating to robotics education and research in the continent.
[40] Opeke's primary engineering contribution to Nigeria is founding OneMain Cable Company which provides communication services and network solutions.
[41] She graduated from the University of East London with first-class honors in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and pursued an MBA at the Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires in France.
[41] Throughout her career, Quist worked at Ford Motor Company, the Royal Bank of Scotland, Millicom International Cellular, Vodafone, and Airtel Ghana.
[42][43] Additionally, she contributed to founding Quist Blue Diamond, the Executive Women Network, and FreshPay, a payment service in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
[41] Quist is currently the managing director at Morgan Stanley and has recently released a book titled "The Bold New Normal: Creating The Africa Where Everyone Prospers (2019) ".
[45] Throughout her career, she served in the United States Air Force, worked on a NASA project, contributed innovations to companies like Microsoft Xbox, and became the head of satellite systems at Boeing.
She was born on 7 September 1969 in Ghana where she began her secondary education at the Aburi Girls' Senior High School, and obtained her International Baccalaureate Diploma from the United World College of the Atlantic in Wales in 1988.
Prof Kaufmann then moved to the University of Ghana (2006–2012, 2014–2016)[47] where she served as a Senior Lecturer and the first Head of the Department of Biomedical Engineering.
Elsie Effah Kaufmann is a visiting scholar and Founding Head of the Department of Orthotics and Prosthetics at the University of Health and Allied Sciences in Ho, Ghana.
Elsie Akosua Biraa Effah Kaufmann is the first woman to be appointed dean of the School of Engineering Sciences, University of Ghana,[48] taking up the post on 1 August 2022.
