Anne Nderitu is a young woman from Sagana town in Kenya, where she lives with her sibling and parents. As the first-born child in an African home, it is believed that it is her responsibility to work hard and become better at everything she does.
This determination helped her to give the best in whatever she made up her mind to do. Anne discovered her love for math and science while in high school, which led her to pursue Aeronautical engineering at the Technical University of Kenya.
While at university, she explored diverse technical skills from hardware to software engineering and conducted her final year project on design optimization of fixed-wing drones for a longer flying distance.
In addition to learning how to design drones, Anne also learnt data analysis, entrepreneurship and drones’ operations to ensure that they fly drones responsibly.
Coming from a country where modernization and production of aircrafts and drones are new, she decided to venture into this path of aeronautical engineering in order to become an expert in design and production of drones for the African continent. She realized that this could help solve some of the challenges that Africa faces, which requires adapting and adopting new technology.
Anne believes that one day, her designs will be used to change a few things in Kenya and Africa, and she believes that Africa is the next frontier for drone technology, given its unique infrastructure challenges.
