Naadiya Moosajee, is a South African
engineer,
social entrepreneur and co-founder of Women in Engineering (WomEng), a
non-profit organization that aims to develop engineering talent among girls in multiple
African countries.
Background and education
She was born in South Africa in 1984.
She attended the
University of Cape Town (UCT), graduating in with a
Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in
Civil Engineering. She continued her studies at UCT, graduating with a
Master of Science (MSc) degree in Transport Engineering in 2009. During her final year while pursuing the master's degree, she spent 12 months as an
international exchange student at the
University of Stuttgart
The University of Stuttgart (german: Universität Stuttgart) is a leading research university located in Stuttgart, Germany. It was founded in 1829 and is organized into 10 faculties. It is one of the oldest technical universities in Germany wit ...
in
Germany.
In 2013, she graduated from the
University of Edinburgh with a
Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree.
Career
For one year, immediately after her first degree, she was hired as a Project Engineer, by ''Arcus Gibb Engineering'' (today
GIBB Engineering, a consulting engineering firm based in
Cape Town. During the
2010 FIFA World Cup
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, she was hired as the VIP & Media Transport Coordinator for planning, scheduling and operations for all ground transportation for
VIPs, the
media and match officials during the 2010 FIFA World Cup operations in Cape Town.
In 2009, she was appointed a ''Global Leadership Fellow'' by
Youth Action Network
The Youth Action Network (formerly the National Federation of Youth Action Agencies) was a UK-wide youth organisation that promotes volunteering by young people in their communities.
The organisation was set up in 1989 under the name World A ...
, a United Kingdom-based
non-profit organisation. She served there for fourteen months until November 2010. For a period of over two years, from May 2011 until July 2013, she worked as the Engagement Manager a
Pegasys Strategy & Development an advisory group focusing on the impact of development in emerging economies. She served there as a consultant on large scale climate change and public transportation projects.
Other considerations
In December 2014, Naadiya Moosajee was named among "The 20 Youngest Power Women In Africa 2014", by
Forbes Magazine
Over the years, she has founded and co-founded a number of non-profit and for-profit companies and organisations, including (a) ''Naadiya M'', a garment designing, manufacturing and marketing business targeting women's business attire and evening wear, which she founded in 2013
(b) In 2014, she co-founded ''JourneyMap Consulting'', a talent search and talent acquisition enterprise with offices in
Johannesburg and Cape Town.
(c) She co-founded ''Women in Engineering'' (WomEng) in 2005 and has served as the CEO since. WomEng has ongoing operations in South Africa and
Kenya.
She is a member of a number of boards, including (a) A member of the Regional Advisory Board of
Frost & Sullivan, for the African region.
(b) A member of the board of th
International Youth Foundation since January 2012.
(c) A member of the board of directors at ''Pegasys'', since August 2013.
and (d) A member of the ''Global Future Council'' at the
World Economic Forum, since August 2016.
See also
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Adiat Disu
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Ada Osakwe
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Susan Oguya
References
External links
Website of Women in EngineeringProfile at Women in Engineering
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1982 births
South African women business executives
University of Cape Town alumni
University of Stuttgart alumni
Living people
21st-century South African engineers
21st-century South African businesswomen
21st-century South African businesspeople
21st-century South African women engineers