Elizabeth Nyamwange is a student studying math with an interest in computational sociolgy. In 2021, she started programming the software for a device later created to provided digital identification for women in low-infastructure environments. Two years later she incoorporated and raised 500k for her pilot in December (2022). Since then, she has worked with Safaricom + Visa, and serves as a youth advisor for the United Nations on gender and education. Contact - info@elizabethnyamwange.com
Elizabeth Nyamwange is a student studying math with an interest in computational sociolgy.
In 2021, she started programming the software for a device later created to provide digital identification to women in low-infastructure environments. Two years later she incoorporated and raised 500k for her pilot in December (2022).
Since then, she has worked with Safaricom + Visa, and serves as a youth advisor for the United Nations on gender and education.
info [at] elizabethnyamwange [dot] com
Recent Press.
YAHOO FINANCE – Meet Elizabeth Nyamwange, the Inventor of a Device Adressing the Identification Crisis
AFROTECH – The Girl Working Behind the Identification Crisis
SCHOLASTIC MAGAZINE – February 2023 Edition
YAHOO NEWS – Meet the Girls that are Saving the World
WIFR – Byron native’s invention earns MIT Solve allocade
GREENTECH LADY – The girl who’d Like to help women get an ID
HERSTORY – Featuring Elizabeth Nyamwange
BIOMETRIC UPDATE – Teen takes top 10 spot in MIT program with biometric inclusive ID project
WE ARE FAMILY FOUNDATION – 2022 Global Teen Leaders (Press Release)
SHAW LOCAL – Byron teen wins MIT competition, nets $36k in funding for social impact innovation project
TULSA WORLD – 16-Year-Old Girl Brings Hope With Award Winning Invention
CSRWIRE – Meet the girls HP Picked that are changing the world
Press
YAHOO FINANCE – Meet Elizabeth Nyamwange, the Inventor of a Device Adressing the Identification Crisis
AFROTECH – The Girl Working Behind the Identification Crisis
SCHOLASTIC MAGAZINE – February 2023 Edition
YAHOO NEWS – Meet the Girls that are Saving the World
WIFR – Byron native’s invention earns MIT Solve allocade
GREENTECH LADY – The girl who’d Like to help women get an ID
HERSTORY – Featuring Elizabeth Nyamwange
BIOMETRIC UPDATE – Teen takes top 10 spot in MIT program with biometric inclusive ID project
WE ARE FAMILY FOUNDATION – 2022 Global Teen Leaders (Press Release)
SHAW LOCAL – Byron teen wins MIT competition, nets $36k in funding for social impact innovation project
TULSA WORLD – 16-Year-Old Girl Brings Hope With Award Winning Invention
CSRWIRE – Meet the girls HP Picked that are changing the world