Curator Highlight
Nelly Cheboi, a social entrepreneur extraordinaire and the CEO/Co-founder of Techlit Africa, a non-profit American organization that is spearheading computer literacy in Africa. She was named to Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list for social impact in 2022. Coming from a long line of strong women who have paved their own way, she is empowering thousands of students in rural Kenya to leverage technology to break free from the cycle of poverty.
“It takes little to create an impact.”
Nelly Cheboi and Tyler Cinnamon met at their first software engineering jobs in Chicago in 2016. Nelly is a deeply driven native Kenyan who learned software engineering after taking an undergraduate scholarship in the United States. Tyler is an ambitious self-taught programmer who grew up immersed in technology.
The TechLit in TechLit Africa is short for Technologically Literate. When TechLit was founded in 2018, the main goal was to foster a more technologically literate Africa.
In 2019, they both quit their lucrative tech jobs and relocated to Kenya to figure out ways to leverage the digital economy and unlock global opportunities for rural Africans. As a couple and software engineers, they believe that adoption of technology is the most effective equalizer.
They are currently expanding to more schools in Kenya. If you would like to have TechLit in your community in Kenya, contact Techlit Africa at info@techlitafrica.org.
Connect with TechLit Africa
Nelly Cheboi, CEO-Techlit Africa
Mail info@techlitafrica.org