Evans Wadongo (born 11 March 1986) is a Kenyan engineer, a partner at Wadson Ventures, the co-founder of GreenWize Energy Ltd, the founder of SDFA-Kenya, and one of CNN's top ten heroes of 2010.

He later joined Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology[1] and graduated in July 2009 with a BSc (honors) in Electronics and Computer Engineering.

While at the university, Wadongo was an active member of the Rotaract Club (part of Rotary International), where he participated in various community initiatives, including the donation of clothes to children homes and street clean-up campaigns.

Wadongo designed a solar lamp which he calls 'MwangaBora (Swahili for "Good Light")[1] in 2004 as a way to address poor education, climate change, health and poverty in rural areas in Kenya.

SDFA-Kenya adopted the 'Use Solar, Save Lives' programme as its main focus program as it combines the three aspects of education, environment, and economic empowerment.

His fellow inaugural recipients of this award were Sir Tim Berners Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web and Ted Turner, media mogul and founder of CNN.

Evans Wadongo and his story have been featured on CNN, BBC, AFP, The New Yorker,[9] China Central Television,[10] Reuters,[11] France 24,[12] Discovery Channel,[citation needed] MBC South Korea, Deutsche Welle, German Radio, Russian State TV, Huffington Post[13] among other international media channels.

[14] Wadongo has been a speaker in schools, colleges and international conferences in many countries in Europe, Americas, Middle East, and Africa, including the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, African Development Forum, Clinton Global Initiative-University, African Union Youth Forum, Education Without Borders, LSE Africa Summit, among others.