Research Interests
- FinTech, digital financial solution, innovations that contribute to poverty alleviation and food security in developing economies.
- Behavioral economics in Smallholder’s willingness to pay of Digital credits in East Africa Community (Kenya and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC))
- Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) financial health and its role on Agri-food value chains.
Education
| 10/2018-10/2021 | M.Sc. Sustainable International Agriculture (SIA)- Georg-August-University Göttingen and University of Kassel, Germany Profile International Agribusiness and Rural Development Economics Thesis Digital credit uptake among rural women: Empirical evidence from Kenya |
| 09/2011-07/2015 | B.Sc. Agriculture - Kenya Methodist University, Kenya Profile Agricultural Science ( Soil and plant science, Postharvest handling and Value addition) Thesis Evaluating the effects of phosphate fertilizers on the growth of chelalang, Tasha, and Ciankui bean varieties in Meru county |
Professional Work Experience
| 04/2019-02/2022 | Graduate Research Assistant at DARE- University of Göttingen, Germany |
| 04/2021-07/2021 | United Nations Apprenticeship, Graduate Study Program GSP59, Geneva/Switzerland |
| 03/2020-05/2020 | Co-led a Ph.D. research team investigating digital financial inclusion, Data Collection in Kenya by University of Göttingen, Germany |
| 09/2019-12/2019 | Co-led a Ph.D. research team on Land-use systems. Field Data collection, Certification in the coffee sector of Rwanda- Fairtrade and Rain Forest Alliance by University of Göttingen, Germany |
| 07/2015-09/2018 | Marketing and Student recruitment officer at the- Kenya Methodist University |
| 10/2014-06/2015 | Internship at the Ministry of Agriculture - Meru SCAO Sub-section, Kenya |
| 04/2013-05/2014 | President Student Association-KeMUSO (2013/14)- Kenya Methodist University |
Teaching Experience
| 10/2018-2022 | Student Assistant – Faculty of Agricultural Sciences at the - Georg-August-University |
| 09/2016-09/2018 | Professors Assistantship- Horticulture & Soil Science, at the -Kenya Methodist University |
Certifications, Conferences and Publications
| 04/2022 | Working on paper publication: Digital Credit Uptake among Women in Kenya |
| 02/2020 | Certified as a Quality Assurance, Food Safety and Marketer of Organic Agricultural Products by the German Institute for Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture (DITSL)- EU and US- NOP certification standards and regulations |
| 03/2021 | Trained on Applied project Management, Workshops by STUBE-Niedersachsen, Germany |
| 05/2020 | Poster presentation selectee- Global food symposium University of Göttingen/Germany |
| 08/2019 | Published an article as the main author in “Agrar Aktuell” journal celebrating 10 years of SIA. Online: link |
Scholarships
| 2019/2020 | KeD- Stube Nidersachsen BPSA Scholarship- Germany |
| 2012-2015 | KeMUDA- An excellence full scholarship by the Methodist University Developmental Association- USA |
Language Competence
| English: | Native |
| Swahili: | Native |
| Kinyarwanda: | Native |
| German | Basic |