Co-Founder and CEOWeRobotics
Sonja is a passionate change agent, facilitator, social entrepreneur and Ashoka Fellow with a longstanding career both in the non-profit and for-profit sectors. She is also the Co-Founder of WeRobotics, a social impact organization that amplifies local expertise to multiply sustainable solutions for development, aid and climate, driven by local actors and supported by appropriate robotics technologies.
Together with her colleagues at WeRobotics, she supports and connects local experts in drone, data and AI technologies. By doing so, they are co-creating a proven and replicable model to successfully localize and shift power at a grassroots level. The model supports locally-led organizations with professional development, knowledge exchange and leadership opportunities, creating a self-sustaining movement for systems change.
Sonja has also been voted as one of Top 100 Women in Social Enterprise in 2023 and is joining the #FixTheFlow initiative as a fellow in 2024.
Economic OpportunityEducationEnvironmental SustainabilityPost-Secondary EducationYouth Job Skills
Caribbean, Central America, Central and Southern Asia, Eastern and Southern Africa, Eastern Asia, Middle East and North Africa, Oceania, South America, Southeast Asia, West and Central Africa