Disclaimer: This report is a summarised brief on the overall event, includes facts and figures from data captured on the attendees and feedback forms. Any data, pictures and videos were taken with the consent of the attendees.

Edu-Cater Africa

Post Pilot Event 2019 Report Date of event: 28th September 2019

By Edu-Cater Global Limited (15th October 2019)

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Contents 1.0 Introduction to Edu-Cater Global .................................................................................................................. 3

The team....................................................................................................................................................................... 4

2.0 Event Aims and Objectives ............................................................................................................................... 5

Objectives: ................................................................................................................................................................... 5

3.0 Event Programme and Highlights ................................................................................................................. 6

4.0 Attendee breakdown ........................................................................................................................................ 14

5.0 Analysis of Feedback ........................................................................................................................................ 14

6.0 Potential Future Events and Support Required .................................................................................. 17

7.0 Acknowledgement ............................................................................................................................................. 18

8.0 Contact Us .............................................................................................................................................................. 18

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Edu-Cater Africa Post Pilot Event Report 2019

1.0 Introduction to Edu-Cater Global

Edu-Cater Global is a non-profit social enterprise that acts as a catalyst in bridging

businesses and education through inspiring, energising and developing individuals to

harness the power of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) to influence Globally, starting in Africa and act as a catalyst to developing stronger and energised

generations that are able to make tangible differences to their communities and economies

through the combination of empowerment from industry and education.

Our vision is to establish, nurture and enhance a world where Science, Technology,

Engineering & Maths (STEM) careers and businesses are overflowing with innovators,

pioneers and leaders, through initiatives that align with our strategic pillars below.

Figure 1: Edu-Cater Global Strategic Pillars 2019

One of the reasons why Africa was selected to be our first continent to launch our initiatives in is because we strongly agree with following statements from Florence Tobo Lobe (2015)1,

“If Africans are to solve problems and to lead social and economic development in their own

countries – rather than leaving it to international aid agencies – all African learners will need

higher-level STEM skills” and “MINDS and BRAINS are Africa’s biggest resource”.

1 https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2015/06/why-stem-is-vital-for-african-development/

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The team

The Edu-Cater Global team consist of three engineers, Frida Nzaba – the founder and the two

directors Alex Makalliwa and Darren Williams.

Alex Makalliwa is the general manager of Solar E-Cycle in Kenya. A company that designs and manufactures electric bicycles, scooters and 3 and 4 wheel vehicles as part of sustainable

economic development in isolated off-grid rural areas in Africa. Alex has also been

shortlisted for the RAEng Africa Prize for Engineering Innovations in 2019 and has

experience in renewable energy sector.

Figure 2: Alex Makalliwa - Director of Edu-Cater Global Limited

Darren Williams is a welding systems manager at The Welding Institution, UK (TWI),

responsible for the strategic leadership of the Welding Systems Integration section

encompassing strategy development, marketing, project development, people management,

and cross departmental collaboration. Darren is also a recognised fellow and council

member at the Institution of Engineering Technology (IET) and has been awarded several

awards including Paul Fletcher Award, British Black Business Award (STEM) and STEM

Ambassador of the Year in 2017.

Figure 3: Darren Williams - Director of Edu-Cater Global Limited

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Frida Nzaba is a Repair Capability Manufacturing Engineer at Rolls-Royce PLC, currently

responsible for developing and implementing methods that can be used to repair various

components from a jet engine. Darren is also a recognised Engineering Technician (EngTech)

at the Institution of Engineering Technology (IET) and has been shortlisted in the We Are

The City Rising Star award 2019 in Science & Technology category. Frida is also a strong

advocate for Diversity and Inclusion and currently sits on the WISE Campaign, UK Young

Professionals’ Board.

Figure 4: Frida Nzaba - Director of Edu-Cater Global Limited

2.0 Event Aims and Objectives

The main focus of this event was to recognise and celebrate STEM related innovations

emerging from Kenya that will positively impact the communities and Africa as a continent. The event targeted to inspire 14-16 year old’s (male and females) from four different

secondary schools in Kenya, by delivering a full day of unique, engaging, thought inspiring

and motivating activities, including guest speakers, practical group activities, show and tell

sessions where rising innovators can come and share their STEM inventions and discuss the

importance of merging creativity and STEM with entrepreneurship. Opportunities for the

students to network with university students and professionals from various companies

were also planned.

Objectives:

1. Develop and stimulate the young engineering minds within Kenya – there is already

a keenness for increased STEM / role model activity thus we are keen to use our

academic and industrial engineering knowledge coupled with our volunteering

capability to support STEM growth outside of the UK and ensure the transition of

students and young professionals into STEM careers and businesses.

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2. Inspire students through the celebration of products/services created and developed

in Kenya.

3. Provide networking opportunities between companies, innovators, entrepreneurs

and students.

4. Develop the students technical abilities as well as soft skills; presentation, team-work

and self-confidence thus making them well rounded.

5. Contributes towards the government’s social pillar under Kenya Vision 2030.

6. To gain feedback from the students from the pilot event on what we can improve on,

ready for the official 2020 event.

7. To gain a better insight on the logistics and what else can be improved on.

8. Review the practical activity and the guest speaker’s content to ensure discussions

and advice that are relevant to student and that they benefit them.

9. To gain traction, momentum and publicity ready for the 2020 event.

10. Initiate the development of a Local Network with organisations and incubation hubs

that already have a strong foundation in STEM and universities that have great role

models/ambassadors.

11. Gain interest and support from Kenyan organisations with similar vision to Edu-Cater

Global – specific to 2020 event.

3.0 Event Programme and Highlights

The day began with a range of guest speakers with both local and international experience.

However, most important was the line-ups rich background in Science, Technology,

Engineering and Mathematics. The brief was concise and fulfilled; the speakers shared their

own experience pursuing a career in STEM while making it wholly relatable to the audience.

The figures 5 through to 17 give a brief overview of the day’s activities. In addition, the day’s

agenda is attached in the appendix.

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Figure 5: Darren Williams sharing his academic and professional experience

Figure 6: Anne Nderitu, Aeronautical Engineer and Founder of The Girls' Boardroom

One of the event’s objectives was to make sure that the attendees understood that careers in

STEM are wholly accessible to them. To this end, a show and tell session followed the guest speaker session. The Show and Tell session featured Solar E-Cycles Kenya; a local start-up

who design and assemble light electric solar-powered tricycles, Exactly; an organisation

developing innovative software and hardware solutions for the Kenyan market. Other

organisations included Mobi-Water; a water technology company developing real-time

water management solutions, Mobius Motors; an automotive manufacturer based in Kenya

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aimed at the mass African market and Majik Water; an organisation that harvests water from

air and aspires to provide affordable, clean drinking water for water scarce communities.

Figure 7: Alex Makalliwa, General Manager, Solar E-Cycles Kenya

Figure 8: Beth Koigi, Founder and CEO, Majik Water

A mini tour preceded lunch. This tour gave attendees the opportunity to interact with two

incredible innovations at the event, the Solar E-Cycle and Mobius Motors.

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Figure 9: Mobius Motors Demonstration

Figure 10: Solar E-Cycle Demonstration

The lunch break involved great interactions between the students and organisations that had

set up their stalls. These organisations included; Strathmore University’s Internet of Things

Research Lab; iLab, Fablab Winam; a makerspace offering capacity for ideation, prototyping

and other resources to educators, students and entrepreneurs, Mobius Motors, Safaricom’s

Women in Technology and Gearbox; a makerspace aimed at improving the ecosystem for hardware entrepreneurs by providing subsidised access to prototyping facilities,

manufacturing training and mentorship.

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Figure 11: Gearbox Kenya demonstrating their 3D Printer

Figure 12: Caroline Masibo from Safaricom's Women in Technology

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Figure 13: Strathmore University's iLab Team Demonstration

Lastly, the event culminated in an activity. The students were tasked with coming up with an

innovative solution to a range of problems in Kibera; an informal settlement in Nairobi. This

activity was completed in seven groups of approximately 10 students. Three groups focused

on waste management, two on housing and the other two on access to electricity. An activity pack, issued out to students explained the activity’s objectives and outcomes and fulfilled

under the guidance of Edu-Cater’s founding team and STEM Ambassadors.

Students had approximately 90 minutes to develop their solutions to the described

problems. Following this, they had the opportunity to present their solutions to the rest of

the group. The credibility of their solutions was examined by a panel of judges and a winner

chosen, the winning group was awarded a miniature 3D printed jet engine donated by Rolls-

Royce PLC and Raspberry Pi demonstration kits donated by RS Components.

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Figure 14: STEM Ambassadors helping students during the afternoon activity

Figure 15: The Afternoon Activity

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Figure 16: Team Presentations

Figure 17: Prize giving to the winning teams.

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4.0 Attendee breakdown

The initial number of attendees for the pilot event was expected to be around 75, this

included 35 secondary school students, organisations, STEM ambassadors and guest

speakers. However, the team managed to successfully exceed expectation by hosting 101

attendees, 57 of which were students. Edu-Cater Global sincerely appreciates all of the

people that were able to attend and support the event to make it a success and aims to keep

in touch with the attendees for further collaboration on initiatives.

Figure 18: Group picture at the end of the event including students from 3 schools (excluded Kianda Girls School as they had to depart earlier) and remaining organisations.

5.0 Analysis of Feedback

Feedback forms were presented at the end of the event. Out of the 101 attendees (70 male,

31 female) we received 51 feedback sheets completed, this section highlights the main

finding from the attendee feedback.

Overall Event Satisfaction: 80% Excellent, 16% High, 4% not rated

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Figure 19 - Overall Event Satisfaction

Event Inspiration towards STEM post event: 71% Excellent, 22% High, 4% Medium,

3% not rated

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Figure 20 – Event Inspiration towards STEM

The event had 56% student representation (57 people out of 101), and 5% (5) teachers

present, the range of other attendees can be seen in figure 4.

Figure 21 – Attendee Capacity

Other feedback statistics:

Guest Speaker Presentation Quality:

o 78% Excellent,

o 16% High

o 2% Medium

o 4% not rated

Show and Tell Presentation Quality: 69% Excellent, 16% High, 6% Medium, 9% not

rated

iHub Tour Quality: 59% Excellent, 6% High, 6% Medium, 29% not rated

Team Activity Quality: 57% Excellent, 22% High, 21% not rated

Venue Quality: 79% Excellent, 14% High, 4% Bad, 3% not rated

Lunch Quality: 53% Excellent, 14% High, 12% Medium, 21% not rated

STEM awareness post event: 73% Excellent, 18% High, 4% Medium, 5% not rated

Awareness of professional registration bodies prior to the event 0%

We had very engaged, enthusiastic, and attentive students’ a selection of their comments

noted on feedback sheets is highlighted below:

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“It was engaging, it was epic”

“A STEM career lights the world”

“I found new friends and shared knowledge with them”

“I want to thank the STEM team may God bless you”

The school teachers highly prised our event, a comment from one of the teachers is below:

“It is a great start. Don’t stop. Grow this and involve more teams. I am sure my learners

have enjoyed this experience.”

The general attendees greatly enjoyed the event, some of their comments from the

feedback sheets are highlighted below:

“Team activity and show and tell presentations - most useful. Guest speakers telling

stories and answering questions - Major strength of the event.”

“Well organised and look forward to the next event 2020”

A comment from one of the guest speakers is below:

“Good platform for introducing students to STEM”

In addition a mini video clip summarising the event was created and can be viewed using the link below via Linked In.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/frida-risper-nzaba-engtech-tmiet-ba23a865_edu-cater-

africa-stem-post-event-video-activity-6587078740810039296-vwLC

6.0 Potential Future Events and Support Required

Future events will follow a similar theme to this year’s pilot event. They will feature several

schools in a bid to leverage and strengthen peer learning. The events will also feature institutions of higher and further learning as well as companies ranging from start-ups to

larger organisations. This should provide students with the access to the entire academic

and professional value chain. Running these events will require access to finance, equipment,

venues and networks. The founding team is open to partnerships with organisations that

share our ethos and dedication to ensuring we encourage, nurture and enhance students to

make an informed and deliberate decision to explore a career in STEM.

In addition, while we realise the potential such events have in achieving this aspiration, we

are also wholly aware of the need to provide more day-to-day support to these students. To

this end, we are exploring setting up mentorship programmes and after-school clubs that

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complement learning that is not exhaustively provided as part of the conventional

curriculum.

7.0 Acknowledgement

Edu-Cater Global would like to that all of our supporters (Rolls-Royce Plc, TWI Ltd, RS

Components, Ilesha Charitable trust, IET, and iHub) for making this event possible, we

extend our gratitude to every individual and organisation that supported Edu-Cater’s pilot

STEM event to deliver an extremely successful event. Please note that there will be annual events focused on delivering and increasing the awareness of STEM in Africa, for further

information and sponsorship options please contact edu.cater.global@gmail.com to find out

more.

8.0 Contact Us

Edu-Cater Global Limited

Email: Edu.cater.global@gmail.com

Instagram: @edu.cater.global

Twitter: @cater_edu