| 词条 | Kagure Wamunyu |
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| name = Kagure Wamunyu | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1989}} | birth_place = Kenya | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = Alliance Girls High School {{small|(High School Diploma)}} Meredith College {{small|(Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics)}} North Carolina State University {{small|(Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering)}} University of California Berkeley {{small|(Master of Science in City and Regional Planning)}} University of Oxford {{small|(Doctor of Philosophy)}} (In progress) | occupation = Civil Engineer and Urban Planner | years_active = 2011 — present | nationality = Kenyan | citizenship = Kenya | residence = Nairobi, Kenya | known_for = Planning skills, Leadership | networth = | home_town = Nairobi | title = Senior Director of Strategy at Bridge International Academies }} Kagure Wamunyu, is a Kenyan civil engineer and urban planner, who serves as Senior Director of Strategy at Bridge International Academies, based at the organisation's headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya's capital and largest city. [1]Background and educationKagure attended Alliance Girls High School, in the town of Kikuyu, in Kiambu County, were she obtained her High School Diploma. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics, from Meredith College in the state of North Carolina, in the United States, obtained in 2013. The same year, she graduated from North Carolina State University, with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering degree.[2] She went on to obtain a Master of Science degree in City and Regional Planning, from the University of Berkeley, in 2015. As of November 2018, she was registered as a part-time PhD student at the University of Oxford, in the United Kingdom. Her doctoral focus is Sustainable Urban Development.[2][3] Her studies in the United States were partly sponsored by scholarships awarded by the Zawadi Africa Education Fund, founded and supported by Dr Susan Mboya, a daughter of the late Tom Mboya, one of Kenya's founding fathers. The Zawadi Fund, an American 501(c)3 non-profit, sponsors academically gifted, disadvantaged rural girls in Kenya, to study in American universities, then return to Kenya and contribute to national development.[4][5] Work experienceAfter several part-time engagements in the United States, while at university, Kagure returned to Kenya in 2015. She was appointed as Head of Operations at Uber Kenya, based in Nairobi. After a period of nearly two years in that role, she was promoted to the position of Country Manager for Uber in Kenya, at the age of 27 years.[2][5][6] In August 2017, she left Uber to take up a position as Senior Director of Strategy at Bridge International Academies.[2] Other considerationsIn September 2018, Business Daily Africa, a Kenyan, English language, daily newspaper, named Kagure Wamunyu, among the "Top 40 Under 40 Women in Kenya in 2018".[3] Honors and awardsShe has been honored with the following awards:[7]
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References1. ^{{cite|url=https://www.thesomoproject.org/#team-1|title=The Somo Project: Team Members: Board of Directors: Kagure Wamunyu |publisher=The Somo Project Organization |author=The Somo Project |date=2019 |access-date=20 February 2019 |location=New York City}} 2. ^1 2 3 {{cite web| url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/kagurewamunyu/?originalSubdomain=ke |title=Kagure Wamunyu: Senior Director of Strategy at Bridge International Academies |date=2019 |publisher=Linkedin.com |author=Kagure Wamunyu |access-date=20 February 2019}} 3. ^1 {{cite web|date=September 2018 |author=Nation Media Group | url=https://cdn.nation.co.ke/pdfs/Top40under40Women2018.pdf | format=PDF |publisher=Nation Media Group |access-date=20 February 2019 |title=Top 40 Under 40 Women In Kenya, 2018 |location=Nairobi}} 4. ^{{cite web| access-date=20 February 2019 |title=Pursuing a father’s dream | url=https://www.nation.co.ke/lifestyle/saturday/1216-194204-mxeq0j/index.html |newspaper=Daily Nation |date=30 June 2007 |last=Muiruri |first=Billy |location=Nairobi}} 5. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://sheleadsafrica.org/kagure-wamunyu/ |title=Kagure Wamunyu: I Always See Opposition As An Opportunity To Grow |publisher=She Leads In Africa Organization | author=Diana Odero |date=2016 |access-date=20 February 2019 | location=Lagos}} 6. ^{{cite web| url=https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2015/08/31/upclose-and-candid-with-uber-kenyas-operations-manager_c1195879 |title=Upclose and candid with Uber Kenya’s Operations manager |publisher=The Star (Kenya) |date=31 August 2015 |access-date=20 February 2019 |first=Nduta |last=Waweru |location=Nairobi}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=https://africanwomenintech.com/speaker/kagure-wamunyu/ |title=Kagure Wamunyu: Honors & Awards |date=2018 | publisher=African Women In Technology |author=African Women In Technology |access-date=20 February 2019 |location=}} External links
11 : Living people|1989 births|People from Nairobi|Kamba people|Kenyan engineers|Kenyan civil engineers|Meredith College alumni|University of North Carolina alumni|University of California, Berkeley College of Engineering alumni|Alumni of the University of Oxford|21st-century Kenyan women |
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