
Linda Kamau
Co-Founder and Managing Director
Provide hands-on technical training and mentorship to young women and girls,to increase the number of skilled women in tech and positively impact the community.
Empowering generations of women to be creators, drivers, leaders, and decision-makers in the IT Industry.
We strive to create a community that is aware of its differences and hold the space for one another without judgment.
We seek and celebrate our differences, our community comprises of women from different cultures, religions, and backgrounds.
We thrive when we are working and supporting each other.
We don’t have a template of what we do, we are all on a journey to self-discovery, trial and error, tinkering and curiosity that lead us to learn new things.
AkiraChix was founded in 2010 by a group of women who were passionate about changing the landscape of the technology field and creating a community that supports, connects and inspires women in the tech space. These young women challenged the status quo by encouraging and facilitating more women to take up careers in technology-related fields. Its vision has continued to be led by Linda Kamau and Marie Githinji, who have committed to champion the diversity and inclusion of women in the technical workforce, changing the economic capabilities of young women as well as shifting societal norms. AkiraChix has come a long way from its beginnings, where we trained young women from Nairobi in a bus fitted with computers, to a fully-fledged residential campus with a goal of serving young women from all over Kenya and other African Countries.
A residential campus, a vibrance of culture, lecture halls, maker labs, dining hall and expansive grounds for recreation activities.
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