hi, my name is elizabeth nyamwange. i am a student studying applied math and computer science, with an interest in gender inequality. when i was 15, i started working on a project to provide digital identification for women. two years later incoorporated and raised 500k for our pilot in december (2022). since then, i've worked with safaricom + visa, and become a youth advisor for the united nations on gender and education. email info [at] elizabethnyamwange [dot] com
hi, my name is elizabeth nyamwange. i am a student studying applied math and computer science, with an interest in gender inequality. when i was 15, i started working on a project to provide digital identification for women. two years later incoorporated and raised 500k for our pilot in december (2022).
since then, i’ve worked with safaricom + visa, and became 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
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