Crystal Kewe is a web and app developer based in Papua New Guinea and the CEO and CTO of Crysan Technology Ltd. Kewe's interest in programming started with an interest in video gaming, and around age 12, she started teaching herself to program software writing in python.
She says that the supportive infrastructure is the most important part of successful educational systems, and that institutions do not fairly support different groups of people, highlighting girls as a marginalized group in scientific and technical education.
[4] The company has since expanded to include a team of over 20 employees, some of whom are based in Southeast Asia, Europe, and South America,[5] and has partnered with the Papua New Guinea government on education initiatives as well as building a platform designed to provide transparency surrounding public development funding.
[1] Kewe and her father won first prize in the 24-hour hackathon which is a partnership between Apec, The Asia Foundation, and Google.
[7] The team won for the conception and development of an app called Biluminous which is an e-commerce platform that features bilum makers and highlights their process while connecting them directly with customers,[8] and is one of the first mobile payment providers in Papua New Guinea.