The Power Dialogue AfricaEpisode 15
Eng. Norah Magero
Co-Founder & CEO, Drop Access
“Norah Magero: Juggling Dream and Diapers”
Africa Prize winner Eng. Norah Magero on the unfiltered realities behind success — motherhood, setbacks, funding and breaking barriers in engineering.
Released 31 March 2025

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On the surface, most career women often seem to have it all together, successful, confident and thriving. But behind the scenes, there is most often a different reality, one filled with struggles that are rarely spoken about.
In the second episode of The Power Dialogue Africa, I sit down with Norah Magero, the first Kenyan and second woman globally to win Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation from the Royal Academy of Engineering, TED Fellow, Top 40 Under 40 Women in Kenya, member of UN Council of Engineers for the Energy Transition, RES4Africa Foundation board member and youth task force contributor and entrepreneur, who has successfully carved out her space in a male-dominated field.
This is for every woman who’s ever felt unseen and for anyone who’s ever wondered what it really takes to make it. Welcome to a candid Season II!
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