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Nivi Mukherjee is the co-founder and CEO of eLimu. As a social entrepreneur, technophile and community volunteer, she is passionate about empowering youth and engaging in community initiatives that foster development and fun. She was the Education Quality Assurance Manager at the Institute of Software Technologies, an IT training company based in Nairobi. She also runs Maisha ni Matamu, a "funucational" social project that aims to bring a day full of joy every month to children who are underprivileged and/or orphaned. In her spare time, Nivi organizes cultural festivals, bakes, knits, runs half marathons, folds origami and plays Fußball. As a child, her favourite toy was the Speak & Spell. |
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Marie Githinji is the co-founder and CTO of eLimu. She is also the Program Manager of Infonet, a technological innovation facility that uses technology to empower citizens and civil societies in fostering service delivery and democratic governance. Marie also co-founded Akirachix, an organisation that aims to inspire and develop a successful force of women in technology who will change Africa's future. With a background in Business Information Technology herself, she is passionate about IT and seeks to inspire leadership among women in the traditionally male dominated field of technology. In her spare time she enjoys listening to and discovering new music. |
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David Muita has been Managing Director of Moran (E.A.) Publishers Ltd, previously known as Macmillan Kenya (Publishers) Ltd since January 1990, and has been with the company for a total of 27 years. Formerly a Deputy Principal and Biology teacher, David has been successful in creating and implementing strategic plans, setting and administering budgets and developing improved processes to meet short and long term objectives at Moran Publishers. The Moran MD is passionate about Education and publication of quality educational materials and believes that we must all embrace a reading culture in order to bring about positive change that will nurture talents in our children and the citizens at large. He plays an active role on many committees, chairs executive meetings, and provides guidance on strategic management to promote new thinking and innovative solutions to the most critical corporate challenges. The Moran MD offers extensive knowledge and experience in new business unit start ups, mergers and acquisitions. |
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The curriculum development manager of eLimu is Isaac Kinyanjui. Isaac is a biology teacher with thirteen years of teaching experience at Starehe Boys’ Centre, a top national school. He has also authored a total of ten books in Agriculture and Biology in Kenya and Malawi. Isaac is a BSc graduate from Egerton University and a holder of Postgraduate diploma in education (PGDE) from Kenyatta University. He is the ICT champion Starehe district and is involved in training teachers in ICT integration in Education at Starehe. He is currently involved in the coordinating the launch and implementation of an e-learning programme by Safaricom Blackboard at Starehe. This program is the first of its kind in Kenyan secondary school education |
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Aleya Kassam is a creative consultant at Story Moja, a leading publisher in Kenya. She has been involved with grassroots rural·community development and is passionate about helping cultivate ideas and solutions that are dynamic, appropriate and relevant to·the practical life challenges that are facing Kenyan communities every day.··On a personal level, she is intrigued by what shapes cultural identities, and continues her own exploration of what makes her uniquely Masala. As a·proudly Kenyan woman, she seeks to actively engage others in the question of what being Kenyan means to them. She is a budding writer, experienced bookworm and can often be found wandering around the kenyan countryside in her flip flops, writing children's stories and reading to strangers. |
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Sri Sivanandan is the venture catalyst at eLimu. He helps with overall corporate strategy including pitching to investors, fundraising, negotiating partnerships, and managing business model iterations. Sri has previously worked at an OEM for the power sector, the world's biggest retailer, a Cleanweb venture firm, and is currently dabbling in the Telecom industry. In his spare time he helps accelerate start-ups that play in the broad resource constraint space and/or create social impact. He believes that time is ripe to leverage tech for delivering high quality, affordable education in the developing world. Sri has a Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering from the College of Engineering Guindy in India and a Masters degree in Engineering Management from Dartmouth College in the USA. He tweets here, lives in New York City, enjoys travel, sports, reading, and trying out new cuisines. |
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Wambui Munge was the Associate Information Officer at the United Nations Environment Programme in Nairobi before moving to Washington DC in 2012. A self-proclaimed bleeding heart development kid, she’s passionate about making a difference in Africa. Wambui is also the founder of the Elim House Project, which she runs in her spare time. The Elim House Project a not for profit organization bringing young professionals together to make a difference in the lives of children at Elim House Primary School. The school began as a church project in the Kawangware slum of Nairobi. Currently all of its 145 students are crammed together in a tiny metal shack where they learnt without proper desks or chairs. Most of the children who attend Elim Primary School come from families that survive on less than $1 a day. Some go without food for several days, and rely on whatever small meal the school is able to provide for sustenance. The Elim House Project has provided the school with furniture and sustenance since 2009.She believes that education is the key to unlocking the continent’s vicious cycle of poverty, and hopes that eLimu learning tablets will allow children to develop an early love for learning. She enjoys reading (fashion blogs mostly), heated debates about African politics and food (the eating more than the cooking). |
