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]
Early life
Koigi was born in Kimende in Kiambu County.
Education and career
Koigi 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]