Innovate Her Africa
We are passionate about getting African female technologists at the forefront of this technological revolution
GALLERY
OUR TEAM
Eva Muhanguzi
IT Specialist - UCSF (Zetra Program)
For the past six years been developing innovative approaches to adapt technology in Health to the needs of governmental and international institutions.
Christine Ampaire
Software Business Analyst - ThoughtWorks Australia
Christine Ampaire is a software business analyst consultant with Thoughtworks Australia, For the last 5 years she has spent majority of her time merging the world of software and business together to create valuable software products.
Emily Karungi
Software Engineer - Open Sustainability Institute
Emily currently works as a Software Engineer at the Open Sustainability Institute and mentors at Thinkful, an online code school. She's the founder of the Django Girls Kampala chapter and also one of the Developer members of the Django Software Foundation.
Joldeen Mirembe
Business Intelligence Support Consultant - PBT Group
Joldeen has a diverse experience in Information Technology field, i.e experience in IT infrastructure management, software development and Business Intelligence.
Lilian Nassanga
Software Developer - Laboremus Uganda
Lillian has spent the last 3 years in the Web and Mobile application development in Django/Python, DOTNET/C# and Android. She is passionate about building programming in the women tech space.
Lynn Asiimwe
Field Tech Resident - Google
The engineering residence program has seen Lynn rotate with several engineering teams at Google for the last two years. When she's not writing golang code or mentoring the next generations of techies , she's practicing or teaching yoga :)
Jamillah Mayombwe
Software Developer - Laboremus Uganda
Jamillah is a software developer with Laboremus Uganda. She has been developing software professionally since 2015. She has a bacherlor's degree in Software engineering, very passionate about the technology space in Africa and mentors for the Django girls chapters within Uganda.
Lynn Kirabo
Software Engineer - Fenix International
I am curious about all aspects of technology; from research to designing and programming interfaces; to understanding how they are perceived and used. I am also passionate about discovering new ways of using existing/cutting-edge technology to solve everyday challenges.
About
Our Why
InnovateHer Africa (IHA) is a Non Profit that uses technology to empower girls and women through many wide array of programs such as trainings, internships and community.
Three main things define InnovateHer Africa: Women - Innovation - Africa.
We believe in nurturing and creating spaces that encourage free thought, audacious ideas and the pure joy of intellectual curiosity will produce technologists and solutions that continuously push the boundary of what's possible in different technological sectors.
We believe technology will play a key role in continually elevating all sectors of the economy.
We are passionate about getting African female technologists at the forefront of this technological revolution as we believe this development will be achieved through diversity.
Our mission is to create funnel programs that engage women at several stages on their educational path. At a junior level, to spark interest and passion for technology; At a professional level, to build industry ready skillsets.