Mentorship & Gender

Carol is passionate about increasing access to electricity through research and innovation, regulation and policy in the energy sector, mentorship of women in energy and gender equality.

Carol in action on site at Sultan Hamud SubStation

On Site @ Sultan Hamud SubStation!

Women In Energy

Carol was featured in EPRA's Q1 Energy Scoop Newsletter, where she discussed the importance of expanding e-mobility to rural areas of Kenya. She highlighted the benefits of e-mobility, such as reduced carbon emissions and enhanced energy security. She also emphasized E-Safiri's mission to empower women and youth while providing sustainable transportation solutions.

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Women In Energy

Carol wrote for Lights on Women on the role of women in the Just Energy transition.

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Mentorship

Carol was invited as a speaker at the Technical University of Berlin.
She presented to the engineering students on sustainable innovation and how she has managed to integrate this in the e-Safiri's business model on 24th January 2022 in Berlin, Germany.

Women In Energy

Carol was featured by journalists from Akronos, Italy in the African Youth Project. The publication featured Carol at her day to day engagements in increasing electricity access in Kenya, and her motivation to pursue mentorship that would empower more women to join the engineering work force.

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Mentorship

Carol was featured in a publication by the Moving Women Empowerment Network on 27th May 2021 highlighting her role in STEM to empower and encourage other women to join these professions.

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Women In Energy

Carol worked together with Enel Foundation to prepare a publication on the previous women fellows of the Open Africa Power Fellowship. It was shared widely to encourage young women in energy in Africa to apply to the 2020 programme.
The publication highlighted the profiles and backgrounds of the women who had previously attended the programme.

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Mentorship

Carol joined the members of the Fanusi Mentoring Program as a mentor for university/college girls' transition to the workforce.


Mentorship

As a graduate assistant at the University of Glasgow, Carol mentored a group of 1st Year students in the design of a Thermoelectric Generator (TEG) for residents of Kibera, the largest slum in Kenya.
The team went on to win the Engineering for People Design Challenge in the finals in London.

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Mentorship

Carol has worked with Akili Dada as a mentor since 2016 under the Young Change-Makers program.
She worked directly with girls from Precious Blood Academy Riruta, Nairobi in mentorship sessions where she fostered interest in STEM related courses.

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