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Beth Koigi
NationalityKenyan
OccupationEntrepreneur

Beth Koigi is an entrepreneur and co-founder of Majik Water, a clean drinking water initiative in Kenya.

Career

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Koigi completed her Master's degree in Project Planning and Management from the University of Nairobi. While a student at Chuka University, she discovered the tap water was undrinkable, inspiring her to build her own water filter and was soon selling filters to others. When a drought hit the region in 2016 and Koigi's water supply was turned off, she realised the impact of water scarcity.[1] She then co-founded Majik Water, a startup which develops technology to harvest clean water in arid and semi-arid areas.[2] The company's name is derived from the Swahili word for water, 'maji', and the word for harvest, 'kuna'.[1]

Majik Water won the EDF Pulse Award Africa in 2017[3], and Koigi was a shortlisted contender for the Royal Academy of Engineering Africa prize 2019[4]. She appeared at TEDxFasoKanu in 2019.[5]

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  1. ^ a b "This woman is solving water shortage with a little magic". ONE. 2019-02-04. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
  2. ^ "Beth Koigi – Kenya [Majik Water] – Young Water Solutions". Retrieved 2019-10-02.
  3. ^ "EDF Pulse Awards Africa: 4 winning African start-ups". EDF France. 2018-01-05. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
  4. ^ Hodal, Kate (2019-01-01). "Turning air into drinking water: Africa's inspired inventors". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
  5. ^ Majik water | Beth Koigi | TEDxFasoKanu, retrieved 2019-10-02