It's a wrap for Cohort 8! 38 tech students from 17 Kenyan universities joined us in March 2024, and all 38 graduated on Nov 16th 2024. 🎊 While we pride ourselves in a 100% completion rate, we are more honored with the impact we've been able to achieve in complementing classroom pic.x.com/FWXlbYP3Rs

Today's spotlight is on Vincent Njenga, a cybersecurity professional dedicated to securing the ever-evolving digital landscape. With expertise in areas such as network engineering, system admin, and vulnerability assessment, Vincent is a developing force in the world of info sec.

For years, we've empowered underrepresented individuals to thrive in tech through internships, mentorships & community. We need YOUR help to sustain this impact. Become a Sustainer; Donate Here: sfconservancy.org/sustainer/ #DiversityInTech #OpenSource Software Freedom Conservancy #SFCFundraiser

“An organization is like a party. You only want to invite people who bring the vibe up.”

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The 2024 Food Systems Countdown Report is out! Find out the trends in food systems indicators, some are surprising. Keen to hear your thoughts. 🔗Link to report ➡️bit.ly/3E6pxEg #FoodSystemsCountdown

Every child deserves a classroom with lights. Every hospital needs power to save lives. Every entrepreneur needs #energy to innovate. ⚡ Let’s come together to electrify #Africa! Join the #Mission300 Energy Summit online on 27 & 28 January via this link: live.worldbank.org/en/event/2025/…

Friends, happy new year! We are grateful to those who worked with us, helped spread the gospel of doing one's life's work, & from whom we learned a lot. See you all at work!

Hi, I think I’m awesome and my story should be told - everyone’s should. Which is why I’m writing my memoir, starting with this website. This is a work-in-progress documentation of everything from data and power systems to hiking and gardening. Welcome to margaret-odero.com

This idea has been in my mind for years, but has finally been documented. Huge shoutout and appreciation to Wasega 🌞 for keeping me accountable throughout the process - he was the force that helped bring idea to reality, I truly am grateful.

Your best ideas won't come from screens but from long walks.

As far as we have come in filmmaking, this shot from 1940 is still pure magic.

Last night we won two awards at the national Daima Trust-For Planet People Prosperity Posterity ✨ One for our work on investing in nurturing people & tech talent KamiLimu. The other a very humbling individual recognition in leadership, because I see myself as a work in progress with so much to do & learn still.

Cohort 9 is here! 🎉 On Saturday, in partnership with Positive Sum Africa and iHUB, we officially launched our 9th cohort, which includes 40 tech-aligned students students from 15 Kenyan universities! Over the next eight months, under the guidance of our industry mentors and

Pre or post fall? Easy or hard to kill?

Enough is Enough!!....

We pay them to oppress us 😡

Meet Angela, the 2024 Riara University Valedictorian from the Computer Science dept, my mentee, and KamiLimu alumna. She also won the Founders Award & Vice Chancellor's award! My mission on this earth? To hold the ladder up for others, one step in excellence at a time. ☺️

Yes. Writing is not a second thing that happens after thinking. The act of writing is an act of thinking. Writing *is* thinking. Students, academics, and anyone else who outsources their writing to LLMs will find their screens full of words and their minds emptied of thought.

We've received another call for solidarity from three comrades, Judy King'ori, Zipporah Njeri and David Kariuki. The three were arrested simply because they notified the police about the June 25th protests and are currently facing trumped up charges under three accounts. They