Jamila Abbas

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Jamila Abbas (* 1984 in Kenya ) is a Kenyan IT expert and entrepreneur.

Origin and education

Jamila Abbas was born in Kenya in 1984. She studied software engineering at Strathmore University in Nairobi and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree .

Career

After completing her studies, Jamila Abbas was employed by the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI). She became a member of the technology association iHub , which serves as an information exchange for technology freaks . Here she met her fellow student Susan Oguya again. Together with three other Strathmore students, Linda Omwenga, Lillian Nduati and Catherine Kiguru, they took part in the IPO48 Competition 2011 , a competition for software development. There were 100 participants organized in seventeen teams. The task was to develop a marketable computer program within 48 hours .

The competition was organized by the HumanIPO technology platform , which was founded in Estonia in 2010 . In November 2011 the five women won the competition with their M-Farm application . The program enables smallholder farmers to work easily with dealers and cooperatives and for their products to have timely market access at reasonable prices. The prize money was KSh 1 million (approx. € 14,000).

The group used the profit to set up M-Farm Kenya Limited . Jamila Abbas became CEO , Susan Oguya COO . Linda Omwenga and Catherine Kiguru took over marketing and Lillian Nduati was responsible for public relations. Today, M-Farm offers users information from all relevant areas of agriculture such as machines, seeds, weather and stock market reports.

other activities

Abbas is the country chairman of the New Vision Foundation , a non-profit organization headquartered in Minneapolis in the field of education and cultural work.

Web links

Source references

  1. ↑ Olivia Solon: MFarm empowers Kenya's farmers with price transparency and market access . Wired UK. June 21th 2013.
  2. ↑ a b AGRA News: Jamila Abass: The queen of African Agritech Industry . Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA). May 24, 2018.
  3. ↑ a b c d John Makeni: Girls who created social network for farmers . January 7, 2011.
  4. ↑ http://www.infodev.org/highlights/revolutionizing-ict-and-agribusiness-conversation-m-farms-jamila-abass accessed on August 26, 2019
  5. ^ NVO: Jamila Abbas, tech entrepreneur, to direct New Vision Foundation . New Vision Organization (NVO). 5th February 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Abbas, Jamila
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Kenyan IT specialist and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Kenya