When people talk about โwomenโs empowerment,โ I sometimes pause. The phrase sounds noble, but too often, it assumes that women are powerless โ waiting to be lifted, helped, or given permission.
Somewhere between Detroit and San Francisco, I opened my laptop, connected to inflight WiFi, and began refining the game design documents for Q2โs Kwathu Smart Innovation Farms (KSIF) โ our simulation that blends agriculture, play, and entrepreneurship.
Between the sharp Bay breeze and the buzz of ideas at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, innovation almost feels tangible โ alive. On our first day, after hours of conversations about AI, automation, and the next frontier of tech, we decided to do something simple: take a Waymo RoboTaxi to see the Golden Gate Bridge.
At the perimeters of the 80th United Nations General Assembly, I had the privilege of speaking at a webinar hosted by the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) and Digital Frontiers Institute โ a global conversation on Scaling Impact Through Women in Digital Finance.