Wendo Aszed

Biography

Wendo Sahar is the Founder and Executive Director of Dandelion Africa, an innovator in Kenya that focuses on improving the health and economy of women in rural arid communities. She has over a decade of experience in grassroots sustainable programs and is rooted in community driven solutions. Through Dandelion, they have set up over 60 reproductive and maternal safe spaces, built 3 Health Centres, and supported over 10,000 women in entrepreneurship. She has studied in different schools including Strathmore, Executive Program for Nonprofit Leaders at Stanford University and Social Entrepreneurship at GSBI Accelerator at Santa Clara University in California. Wendo is an African Visionary Fellow, her work was recently recognized as ‘Best in Gender Inclusion’ in Kenya and was featured by ‘Fortune 2024’, she is an Aspen New Voices Fellow 2019, awardee of the Kenya Presidential Award 2022, recognized by Bill Gates through Gates Notes in 2022. She has co- founded 2 other foundations.