Beth Koigi
Beth Koigi is a Kenyan entrepreneur working to improve the access of water for off-grid communities. Koigi is a founder of Majik Water,[1] a company which aims to harvest drinking water from the air to serve communities across the world who are not able to access safe, clean drinking water.[1][2]
Early life[edit]
Koigi was born in Kimende in Kiambu County.
Education and career[edit]
Koigi earned a Bachelor of Science in Community Development, Project Planning and Management from Chuka University, Kenya (Class of 2013), and a Masters in Project Planning and Management from the University of Nairobi (Class of 2017).
Following her bachelor's degree, she was a founder of Aqua Clean Initiative, founded in 2013.[3] Koigi was awarded the Young Water Fellowship in September, 2018,[4][5] and has been a current associate fellow of the Royal Commonwealth Society, Nordic Baltic Hub since April 2015.[6] Additionally, Koigi is a Grant Advisor for The Pollination Project since December 2015. Koigi is currently a founding member of Majik Water, which was founded in July 2017.[1][7][8] Majik Water won the EDF Pulse Award Africa in 2017,[9] and Koigi was a shortlisted contender for the Royal Academy of Engineering Africa prize 2019.[10] She appeared at TEDxFasoKanu in 2019.[11]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Majik Water". Majik Water. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
- ^ "BBC World Service - Newsday, How to source 'Majik Water' from the air". BBC. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
- ^ "Aqua Clean Initiative - Home". aquacleankenya.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-18. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
- ^ "Beth Koigi – Kenya [Majik Water] – Young Water Solutions". Retrieved 2019-10-02.
- ^ Hirschlag, Ally (1 August 2019). "The Women Behind an Innovative Water Crisis Solution That Sucks up Water from the Air". The Weather Channel. Archived from the original on 2019-09-21. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
- ^ "The Royal Commonwealth Society Nordic-Baltic Hub". www.rcsnordicbaltic.org. Archived from the original on 2022-06-04. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
- ^ Hodal, Kate (2019-01-01). "Turning air into drinking water: Africa's inspired inventors". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
- ^ Gwaambuka, Tatenda. "Young Kenyan Inventor Makes Magical Water From Air". The African Exponent. Archived from the original on 2019-06-16. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
- ^ "EDF Pulse Awards Africa: 4 winning African start-ups". EDF France. 2018-01-05. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
- ^ Hodal, Kate (2019-01-01). "Turning air into drinking water: Africa's inspired inventors". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
- ^ Majik water | Beth Koigi | TEDxFasoKanu, retrieved 2019-10-02