Dorcas Adhiambo Owinoh

Dorcas Adhiambo Owinoh is the director and a founding member of the LakeHub Foundation, a technology and social innovation hub that aims to decentralize access to technology, growing entrepreneurship, and social innovation. Through LakeHub, Dorcas has created an open and supportive space where young and talented developers, creatives, entrepreneurs and social innovators in western Kenya meet to network, learn from each other, brainstorm, and find solutions to societal challenges. As a leader in the technology community, Dorcas Adhiambo Owinoh leads the Village Code Project, a program that aims to bridge the digital divide among youths in Western Kenya by teaching children in villages problem ideation, conceptualization, design, computer programming, and entrepreneurial skills. Her work and mentorship on this program has empowered 300 young girls to successfully build mobile apps aimed at providing solutions to health, equality, education, gender, and environment issues. In the future, Dorcas plans to start an innovation academy to continue teaching digital and design skills to African youth.