Beth Koigi is a Kenyan entrepreneur working to improve the access of water for off-grid communities. Koigi is a founder of Majik Water,[1] a company which aims to harvest drinking water from the air to serve communities across the world who are not able to access safe, clean drinking water.[1][2] The equipment works on the same principle as the condensate type of dehumidifiers, causing the water vapor that is normally found in air to condense into its liquid form.
Early life
editKoigi was born in Kimende in Kiambu County.
Education and career
editKoigi earned a Bachelor of Science in Community Development, Project Planning and Management from Chuka University, Kenya (Class of 2013), and a Masters in Project Planning and Management from the University of Nairobi (Class of 2017).
Following her bachelor's degree, she was a founder of Aqua Clean Initiative, founded in 2013.[3] Koigi was awarded the Young Water Fellowship in September, 2018,[4][5] and has been a current associate fellow of the Royal Commonwealth Society, Nordic Baltic Hub since April 2015.[6] Additionally, Koigi is a Grant Advisor for The Pollination Project since December 2015. Koigi is currently a founding member of Majik Water, which was founded in July 2017.[1][7][8] Majik Water won the EDF Pulse Award Africa in 2017,[9] and Koigi was a shortlisted contender for the Royal Academy of Engineering Africa prize 2019.[10] She appeared at TEDxFasoKanu in 2019.[11]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Majik Water". Majik Water. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
- ^ "BBC World Service - Newsday, How to source 'Majik Water' from the air". BBC. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
- ^ "Aqua Clean Initiative - Home". aquacleankenya.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-18. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
- ^ "Beth Koigi – Kenya [Majik Water] – Young Water Solutions". Retrieved 2019-10-02.
- ^ Hirschlag, Ally (1 August 2019). "The Women Behind an Innovative Water Crisis Solution That Sucks up Water from the Air". The Weather Channel. Archived from the original on 2019-09-21. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
- ^ "The Royal Commonwealth Society Nordic-Baltic Hub". www.rcsnordicbaltic.org. Archived from the original on 2022-06-04. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
- ^ Hodal, Kate (2019-01-01). "Turning air into drinking water: Africa's inspired inventors". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
- ^ Gwaambuka, Tatenda. "Young Kenyan Inventor Makes Magical Water From Air". The African Exponent. Archived from the original on 2019-06-16. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
- ^ "EDF Pulse Awards Africa: 4 winning African start-ups". EDF France. 2018-01-05. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
- ^ Hodal, Kate (2019-01-01). "Turning air into drinking water: Africa's inspired inventors". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
- ^ Majik water | Beth Koigi | TEDxFasoKanu, retrieved 2019-10-02