Nelly Cheboi is the founder of TechLit Africa, an organization that teaches digital skills in rural primary schools, and the winner of the 2022 CNN Hero award.
Nelly Cheboi grew up in poverty in rural Kenya, struggling with basic sustenance and education. Cheboi ultimately received a scholarship in America, worked odd jobs to support her family and discovered her passion for computer science.
She came up with a plan to end intergenerational poverty. Leverage the digital economy to provide more opportunities for rural African to make a living. Her organization, TechLit Africa up-cycles old computers to teach digital skills in primary schools. She is on Forbes 30 under 30 list.
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