Recently, Nobel Prize winner Tim Hunt sparked controversy when he claimed that women should not be in science, as they can prove distracting to male scientists in the workplace. In protest of this, thousands of female scientists took to Twitter to post pictures of themselves at work under the Twitter hashtag, #DistractinglySexy. In light of this (as well as Mauritian President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim’s background as a biologist), here are five African female scientists that you should know about.

1: Rapelang Rabana, Technologist, South Africa
Upon graduating in Business Science with Honors in Computer Science from the University of Cape Town, Rapelang Rabana co-founded Yeigo Communications, South Africa’s first development company that offered free VoIP mobile services. Through its success, it soon partnered with Telfree, a Swiss Telecommunications Company and Rapelang created a mobile learning app, ReKindle Learning. It is no wonder, then, that she has been listed in several awards such as Forbes’ 30 Under 30: Africa’s Best Young Entrepreneurs and Oprah Magazine’s O Power List 2012.


2. Nagwa Abdel Meguid, Geneticist, Egypt

Dr. Nagwa is a notable geneticist who has identified several genetic mutations that cause common syndromes such as the fragile X syndrome and Autism. In 2002, she won the L’Oreal UNESCO Award for Women in Science for Africa and the Middle East. Since then, she has set up clinics for children with special needs, as well as dealing with early intervention. She is also a member of several groups such as the Gender Research in Africa into Information Communication Technologies for Empowerment (GRACE), as well as Autism-Open Access, to name a few.

3. Juliana Rotich, Technologist, Kenya

In 2007, during Kenya’s post-election violence, Juliana Rotich co-founded a software platform,Ushahidi.com, where citizens could report incidences of violence and have them mapped out via Google Maps; this is now a trend in social media activism. She is also the founder of iHub, an innovation hub for other like-minded technologists, and Mobisoko, a mobile app marketplace. As if all that wasn’t enough, Juliana is also a TED Senior Fellow, was named among The Guardian’s 100 Top Women, and serves on the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Information Communications Technology.
http://farabale.co/2015/07/06/five-african-female-scientists-you-should-know-about/

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Wow!

Women with brains *mi love*

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I believe in Africa, I believe in Nigeria.

Op, u said five, but na three I dey see, abi eye dey decieve me?

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