Shikoh Gitau

**Dr. Shikoh Gitau** (kimanin 1981) masaniya ce a fannin kimiyyar kwamfuta  na Kenya. Ta kammala karatun digirinta na farko a fannin na'ura mai kwakwalwa a jami'ar Nazarene ta Africa sannan ta samu digiri na uku a jami'ar Cape Town.   An san ta da ƙirƙirar M-Ganga da Ummeli, aikace-aikacen wayar hannu don inganta kiwon lafiya da magunguna da daidaita ma'aikata marasa aikin yi da kuma samun damar yin aiki. Gitau ita ce 'yar Afirka ta farko da ta samu lambar yabo ta Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship, wacce aka samu a bikin Grace Hopper na Mata a cikin Kwamfuta bisa ga abubuwan da ta kirkira da kuma ƙasidu.   Tana ba da gudummawa da kuma kula da shirin Fasahar Fasaha da Ci Gaba, inda a halin yanzu take aiki a Bankin Raya Afirka (AfDB). 

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Gitau ga dangi masu aiki a Mathare. Jim kaɗan bayan haihuwarta, danginta sun yi asarar dukiyoyinsu a Mathare bayan yunkurin juyin mulkin Kenya na shekarar 1982 kuma an tilasta musu zama da 'yan uwa a Nakuru. A lokacin kuruciyarta a Nakuru, Gitau ta ga bikin kammala karatunta na farko a gidan talabijin. Ta yaba da shaida yadda wata mata ta sami digiri na uku daga shugaban ƙasa na lokacin Daniel arap Moi yayin wannan watsa shirye-shiryen tare da karfafa mata gwiwa don neman ilimi. 

Gitau ta kammala karatun digiri na farko a Jami'ar Nazarene ta Afirka (ANU) da ke Nairobi. Aikinta a ANU ta sami  ilimi da makin mai kyau: ta ci gaba da kasancewa a cikin jerin Daraja da Dean a duk tsawon shekaru huɗu na karatunta, kuma ta sami lambar yabo ta Jami'a da Kyautar Jagoranci a shekarun 2003 da 2005, bi da bi. Bayan ta sami digirinta, ta yi aiki na ɗan lokaci a matsayin mai aikin sa kai na UNICEF kafin ta sami aiki a matsayin mataimakiyar shirin a Cibiyar Dimokuraɗiyya ta Multiparty, ƙungiyar fafutukar siyasa ta Kenya.   Ta yi aiki a can har zuwa shekara ta 2007, lokacin da ta shiga Jami'ar Cape Town don neman digiri na M.Sc. sannan daga bisani ta samu digiri na uku a fannin Computer Science.

## Sana'a
Gitau ta yi aiki a fannoni daban-daban don cin gajiyar ci gaban Afirka. Babban nasarar aikinta shine aikace-aikacen wayar ta "Ummeli".  Wannan aikace-aikacen, wanda aka ƙirƙira a watan Yuni 2010, yayi daidai da marasa aikin yi tare da masu ɗaukar ma'aikata waɗanda ke buƙatar ƙwarewarsu. Saboda ƙarancin farashi da amfani da shi, yuwuwar sa na canza rashin aikin yi a kasuwannin aiki yana da yawa sosai. Umelli yana nan a Afirka ta Kudu yanzu kuma ana hasashen zai kasance a wasu ƙasashen Afirka. A cikin watan Disamba 2010, Gitau ta fara aiki da Google Inc's Emerging Markets inda ta "gane, bincike da kuma tsara www.beba.co.keconcept kuma ta yi aiki a kan gabatar da shi ga tsarin Transit Kenya".  A cikin watan Janairun 2011, Gitau ta kasance mai ba da shawara kuma mai ba da shawara ga iHub_Research, inda ta kasance kan gaba wajen bincike kan amfani da intanet ta wayar salula a Afirka kuma ta yi aikin Microsoft oneApp.  A halin yanzu, Gitau tana aiki a sashen ICT na Bankin Raya Afirka (AfDB) tana gudanar da ayyuka daban-daban tare da gwamnatoci daban-daban a faɗin Afirka.

## Kyaututtuka da karramawa
A ranar 31 ga watan Yuli, 2013, Gitau ta zama ɗaya daga cikin mutane uku da suka lashe lambar yabo ta ABIE Change Agent Award. Ta kafa tarihi ta zama 'yar Afirka ta farko da ta ci kyautar Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship. An gane ta tare da 'yan uwanta a Minneapolis, Minnesota a ranar 5 ga watan Oktoba yayin bikin Grace Hopper na Mata a cikin Kwamfuta (GHC). 

A cikin shekarar 2017, Gitau ta sami karɓuwa a matsayin shugabar mata mafi tasiri a duniya na Gabashin Afirka a ƙarƙashin sashin fasahar sadarwa da fasahar sadarwa (ICT) ta Mujallar Independent.
 

**Wasu**

* 2005 Manyan Masu Gasar Ƙarshe na Oxford Rhodes Memorial Scholarship
* 2013 AfroElle Power Jerin matan Afirka waɗanda ke shafar canji
* 2015 Manyan mata 40 'yan ƙasa da 40 da za suyi kallo a Kenya
* 2015 ASPEN New Voices Fellow

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