Shikoh Gitau
Kenyan computer scientist and technology innovator · Kenya · On the map · Born c. 1985
Dr. Cikū Gitaū is a Kenyan computer scientist. She finished her undergraduate studies in Computer Science at the Africa Nazarene University and attained her PhD at University of Cape Town.
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She is known for inventing M-Ganga and Ummeli, mobile applications for promoting health and medicine and matching unemployed workers with employment opportunities. Gitaū was the first African to win the Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship, received in the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing based on her inventions and thesis. Up until August 2017, she contributed and managed the Technology Innovations for Inclusive Growth program, at the Africa Development Bank (AfDB).