Biography
Angela is a technologist, community builder, and open-source software advocate passionate about building and using appropriate technology tools to impact the lives of disenfranchised communities, with over a decade of experience in software development, global community engagement, and non-profit organizational management.
She is the Executive Director at Ushahidi, a global non-profit technology company that helps communities quickly collect and share information, enabling them to speak up, inform decisions, and influence change.
She currently serves on the Board of Directors for Creative Commons, and ROOST, and previously Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. She’s also a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Futures Council on Data Frontiers, and previous council on Data Equity. She's a co-founder of AkiraChix, a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader (2024) and a Mozilla 2024 Rise25 Honoree for championing the need for building Inclusive AI systems.