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Dr. Shikoh Gitau (circa 1981) 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
She is known for inventing M-Ganga and Ummeli, mobile applications for promoting health and medicine and matching unemployed workers with employment opportunities. Gitau 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. 
She contributes and manages the Technology Innovations for Inclusive Growth program, where she is presently employed in the Africa Development Bank (AfDB).

AMLD Africa 2024 / Speakers

Darlington Akogo

Founder and CEO, minoHealth AI Labs

Emmanuel Noutahi

Principal Scientist - Research Unit Lead - Valence Labs

Mary-Anne Hartley

Professor, MD, Yale School of Medicine & EPFL School of Computer Science

Sandeep Reddy

Director, MBA (Healthcare Management) Program, Deakin University

Tariq Daouda

Head of AI for biomedical applications, Faculty of Medicine, UM6P

Vukosi Marivate

Co-Founder/CTO, Lelapa AI | Co-founder, Deep Learning Indaba | Co-founder, Masakhane

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