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Cohort 5 Award/Fellowship Winners

(2020 -2021)

Edwin Muema

2021 CyberSecurity Serianu Fellowship

 3 mentees, 1 peer mentor, and 1 alum were selected to join the Serianu Fellowship by Serianu where they receive industry training on skills that prepare them for a career in Cybersecurity.

Left to Right: Edwin Muema, Monica Wangari, Allan Wasega, Collins Wanjohi, 

Monica Wangari
Allan Wasega
Collins Wanjohi
Laurine Owino

2020 Red Bull Basement Country Winners and Global Community Award Winners 

Abdul Rehmtulla and Hamisi Rawlins emerged Country Winners for Kenya with their project 'Culture Capture'. They were also among the Top 10 teams in the Global Red Bull Finals, where they won the Community Award.

Abdul Rehmtulla and Hamisi Rawlins
Abdul Rehmtulla and Hamisi Rawlins

2020 2nd Prize

Essay Competition 

Grivine Ochieng'was awarded 2nd Prize in the 2020 Digital Academy eHealth Innovation Essay Competition, and the only winner from Kenya. 

Grivine Ochieng
Lewis Munyi

2020 Mozilla OLX Community Leaders 

2 mentees selected as two of ten 2020 Mozilla OLX Community Leaders for Internet Health

From Left to Right: Lewis Munyi, Brenda Nyaringita.

Brenda Nyaringita

AI for Disaster Response 

Grivine Ochieng' was selected as one of 38 collaborators from 19 countries to build an innovative AI-driven logistic prevision model for emergency management in cyclones. 

Grivine Ochieng

IDF Scholarship for UX/UI 

Mwaniki Nyaga was awarded a full-year's exclusive and unlimited access to UX/UI content by Interaction Design Foundation, which provides world-class Ivy-League level design education.   

Mwaniki Nyaga

2020 GHC Scholarship.

Two students were awarded full scholarships to attend the 2020 GHC Scholarship Conference.  

From Left to Right: Sophia Chisiya (UoN), Tabitha Kavyu (UoN).

Sophia Chisiya
Tabitha Kavyu

2020 Industry Hire 

Meshack Korir was hired by MediaPal Kenya for a Full Stack Developer role, through a partnership between KamiLimu and Medial Pal in Professional Development. 

Meshack Kipkorir

Full M.Sc. Scholarship 

Everlyn Asiko secured a full scholarship to pursue a Master's Degree in Mathematical Sciences at the African Institute of Mathematics in Cape Town, South Africa.

Everlyn Asiko

2020 DSC 

Lead, JKUAT

Phelcia K'ojwang was selected as a Developer Students Club Lead for Kenyatta University to help fellow students grow as developers and empower fellow students to impact their communities with technology..

Phelcia K'ojwang

2020 DSC

Lead, UMMA

Kennedy Juma was selected as a Developer Students Club Lead for UMMA University to help fellow students grow as developers and empower fellow students to impact their communities with technology..

Kennedy Juma

2020 Huawei Seed for the Future

 Two students were among 60 students from Kenya to be selected for the 2020 Huawei Seeds For The Future Program. 

Left to Right: Erick Lewis (Riara), Sophia Chisiya (UoN).

Erick Lewis
Sophia Chisiya

Women in Cybersecurity 

Jenniffer Otieno was selected as one of 100 recipients (from a pool of over 900 applicants) for a full scholarship from Google and SANS for the Women in Cybersecurity Training program.

Jenniffer Otieno
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