University of Eldoret Alumni: Esther Kimani win Sh25m for life-changing innovations

Ms. Esther Kimani, bagged the Waislitz Global Citizen Disruptor Award. She is the chief executive officer of Farmer Line Technologies, which uses a solar-powered artificial intelligence-based crop pest and disease detection device. Her company’s goal is to end hunger for more than one million smallholder farmers.

“Her inspiration comes from experiencing farm losses from pests and diseases first-hand as she grew up farming the slopes of the Aberdare mountains. Her technology has so far impacted over 60,000 farmers in Kenya,” read a statement from the Waislitz Foundation.

She received a cash prize of $75,000 (Sh10.7 million) that will enable her firm to help more than 200,000 farmers and expand to other African countries such as Namibia, Uganda, Nigeria, and Rwanda.

Esther Kimani was a student at the University of Eldoret undertaking a BSc. Computer Science.

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