“While growing up in Kenya, Wambui Nyabero, the innovator behind an advanced medical ventilator design called AfriVent, had few motivators to cheer her on to become an engineer. The perception of a woman as an engineer was misconceived, she says. Many mistook her role in mechanical engineering to be that of an automobile mechanic. Years down the line, Ms. Nyabero is leading the race to develop a Kenyan domestically designed and produced ventilator.”
https://www.engineeringforchange.org/news/kenyan-startups-ventilator-may-bridge-local-demand/
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