Overview
Naadiya Moosajee, is a South African engineer, social entrepreneur and co-founder of Women in Engineering (WomEng), a non-profit organization that aims to develop engineering talent among girls in multiple African countries.
Background and education
She was born in South Africa in 1984.
Career
For one year, immediately after her first degree, she was hired as a Project Engineer, by Arcus Gibb Engineering (today GIBB Engineering), a consulting engineering firm based in Cape Town. During the 2010 FIFA World Cup, she was hired as the VIP & Media Transport Coordinator for planning, scheduling and operations for all ground transportation for VIPs, the media and match officials during the 2010 FIFA World Cup operations in Cape Town. In 2009, she was appointed a Global Leadership Fellow by Youth Action Network, a United Kingdom-based non-profit organisation. She served there for fourteen months until November 2010. For a period of over two years, from May 2011 until July 2013, she worked as the Engagement Manager at Pegasys Strategy & Development, an advisory group focusing on the impact of development in emerging economies.
She served there as a consultant on large scale climate change and public transportation projects.
Other considerations
In December 2014, Naadiya Moosajee was named among "The 20 Youngest Power Women In Africa 2014", by Forbes Magazine Over the years, she has founded and co-founded a number of non-profit and for-profit companies and organisations, including (a) Naadiya M, a garment designing, manufacturing and marketing business targeting women's business attire and evening wear, which she founded in 2013
See also
* Adiat Disu * Ada Osakwe * Susan Oguya
External links
*Website of Women in Engineering *Profile at Women in Engineering