Africa's youngest Minister, Namibian, 23 year old Emma Theofilus

Meet the 23 year old Namibia Deputy Minister for Information and technology. She’s  #Emma Theofilus , a fresh Law graduate, and currently the youngest minister in Africa.

The 23 year old Minister  holds an LLB Degree from the University of Namibia and a Diploma in African feminism and gender studies from the University of South Africa.

The Namibian President Hage Geingob says “ For once, l felt that there was need to do away with old features, just like anyone would wish  to do away with me in an electoral process.
l felt it was now time to  bring youthful creative energy into the decision making table, to think and reason with these young people.
And surprisingly the results are fantabulous. l see creativity and innovation.l see diligence and much more artistry. With these great results, l am now convinced that there are a million reasons to believe in this generation.
l am happy to have tried something new”.

We celebrate you Emma Theofilus

Meet the 26 game changer Nathasia Mudiwa Muwanigwa.

Nathasia Mudiwa Muwanigwa, is a 26 years old Zimbabwean born Academia, Neurobiology PhD Researcher, Advocate for Africans in STEM, Science Communicator and a Global Citizen.
She is a Co-Founder and Director of Visibility STEM Africa, an initiative changing the narrative surrounding African contributions to STEM. As a result of her advocacy, she was profiled in Forbes Science.

Nathasia holds a Bachelors in Human Biology, summa cum laude, from the University of Nicosia (Cyprus), a Research Master’s in Molecular Mechanisms of Disease from Radboud University (Netherlands) and she is currently pursuing a PhD in neurobiology at the University of Luxembourg. Her research focuses on stem cell based modeling of Parkinson’s disease at the Luxembourg Center for Systems Biomedicine.

Adding to that she is an early career panelist for Neuro Central and serve on a board of directors at the Biotech Institute (Zimbabwe).

#success #NathasiaMudiwa