The Royal Academy of Engineering, Africa Engineers the Future: Building on 10 years of Africa-UK engineering collaboration event has now concluded (Thursday 24 February 2022). The event was centred around 2022 as this marks 10 years since the publication of the ‘Engineers for Africa' report that prompted and informed the Academy on how it could best support sustainable engineering for development on the African continent.
In the event recording below, you will have the opportunity to learn more about the insights gained from this report and hear directly from some of the Academy’s programme beneficiaries. As part of the event, a two-week online exhibition was built showcasing up to 100 individuals and institutions that have been supported by the Academy with a footprint in Africa. This was an opportunity to disseminate impact, engage and network to advance engineering excellence and innovation across the continent.
Dr Hayaatun Sillem CBE
Hayaatun is CEO of the Royal Academy of Engineering and Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering Foundation. She co-chairs with the Science Minister the government’s Business Innovation Forum and co-chaired with Sir Lewis Hamilton his Commission on improving Black representation in motorsport. She is a trustee of various charities, member of the government’s Levelling Up Advisory Council and Digital Skills Council and NXD at construction company Laing O’Rourke. She has been named as one of the ‘Inspiring 50’ women in tech in Europe and one of the most influential women in both UK engineering and UK tech. She has a Masters in Biochemistry (MBiochem) from Oxford and a PhD from Cancer Research UK/UCL. She is a Fellow of the IET, Honorary Professor at UCL and Honorary Fellow at The Queen’s College, Oxford. She has received honorary doctorates from UCL, Imperial College London, Newcastle, Brunel, Huddersfield and Southampton, as well as a Science Suffrage Award and the Engineering Professor’s Council President’s Medal. She was a finalist for the Veuve Clicquot Bold Woman Award and was made a CBE for services to International Engineering in 2019. Prior to her current roles, she was Deputy CEO at the Academy and served as Committee Specialist and later Specialist Adviser to the House of Commons Science & Technology Committee.
Terryanne Chebet
Petter Matthews MBE
Professor Funmi Olonisakin
Aditi Lachman
Beth Koigi
