Evans Wadongo

Quick Facts

Full Name	Evans Wadongo
Occupation	Inventor
Date Of Birth	Mar 11, 1986(1986-03-11)
Age	38
Birthplace	Kakamega
Country	Kenya
Birth City	Kakamega County
Horoscope	Pisces

Evans Wadongo Biography

Evans Wadongo is one of the most popular and richest Inventor who was born on March 11, 1986 in Kakamega, Kakamega County, Kenya. Evans Wadongo (born 11 March 1986) is a Kenyan engineer. He is the co-founder of GreenWize Energy Ltd, the Executive Director and Founder of SDFA Kenya. Also, he was among CNN’s Top ten heros of 2010. He holds a degree in Electronic and Computer Engineering from the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology in Kenya.

While at the University, Wadongo was an active participant in his Rotaract Club (part of Rotary International) which was where he took part in various community-based initiatives which included the donation of children’s homes with clothes and street cleaning campaigns. He worked as an intern in Kenyatta National Hospital in 2006 as well as in 2007 at Metsec Ltd in 2007, and at UUNET Kenya (now MTN Business Kenya) in 2008.

Wadongo was named Social Entrepreneur of the Year by the Schwab Foundation for

2011. The awards ceremony was held in Cape Town, South Africa, during the World Economic Forum for Africa. He was also among “20 Men Who Will Shape the Next 20 Years” by UK’s Esquire magazine in 2011, and an Unreasonable Institute Fellow in 2011.

On 30 March 2011, Wadongo was named one of three recipients of the inaugural Mikhail Gorbachev Awards for “The Man Who Changed the World.” His fellow inaugural recipients of this award were Sir Tim Berners Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web and Ted Turner, media mogul and founder of CNN. The ceremony, held in London, also celebrated Gorbachev’s 80th birthday.

He later established Sustainable Development For All-Kenya (SDFA-Kenya) as a non-profit in the year 2006. SDFA-Kenya officially became registered within Kenya on June 7, 2007. Its primary mission is to protect the environment, educate and empowerment of the economy. Wadongo was the founder chairman. SDFA-Kenya has adopted the ‘Use solar Save Lives’ program as its primary focus program because it blends the three components of environment, education, as well as economic development. SDFA-Kenya has been working across all regions of Kenya. It is also currently working in Malawi in collaboration together with Jacaranda Foundation. So far SDFA-Kenya, under the direction under the direction of Wadongo. Wadongo has influenced directly hundreds of thousands of people as well as indirectly, many millions.

Evans Wadongo Net Worth

Evans Wadongo is one of the richest Inventor from Kenya. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Evans Wadongo 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Wadongo is a native of the Western region of Kenya. Both his parents are teachers. He was a student at Manyonje in addition to Bisunu primary schools, which were rural primary schools in which students walked for more than 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) every day to get to the school. The school and his home were without electricity, but he fought the odds to attend Kakamega High School, where the school was able to get top marks in his graduation and was named as one of the top 100 students in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education exams in 2002. He then enrolled in Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology and was awarded a degree in July 2009, with the degree of BSc (honors) of Electronics and Computer Engineering.

Alongside being the chairman of the organization, Wadongo doubled up as an Project Manager from 2006 to 2008. Between 2008 and July 2010, Wadongo was the chairman and Programs Director. He is now the Executive Director and Chairman of SDFA Kenya.

Wadongo was voted one of CNN’s top ten heroes of 2010.

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Wadongo won the Outstanding Social Entrepreneur in Africa at the Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship held in Mauritius in 2013.

Facts & Trivia

Evans Ranked on the list of most popular Inventor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Kenya. Evans Wadongo celebrates birthday on March 11 of every year.

Wadongo designed a solar lamp which he calls ‘MwangaBora (Swahili for “Good Light”) in 2004 as a way to address poor education, climate change, health and poverty in rural areas in Kenya. Wadongo named the entire project ‘Use Solar, Save Lives’ as he aimed to use solar technology as a way to save lives in the poor communities he grew up in.

What did Evan Wadongo invent?

But you know that old cliché: “Necessity is the mother of invention.” That’s the story of Evans Wadongo. In 2004, at age 19, he designed a portable, solar-charged LED lamp. He calls the lamps “MwangaBora” – Swahili for “good light.”

What did Evans Wadongo do?

Evans Wadongo was 19 when he developed the first African-designed and -produced solar lamp. He could have earned millions had he decided to patent and commercialize it.

What is Evans Wadongo advocacy?

Wadongo named the entire project ‘ Use Solar, Save Lives ‘ as he aimed to use solar technology as a way to save lives in the poor communities he grew up in. He later founded Sustainable Development For All-Kenya (SDFA-Kenya), a non-profit in 2006.

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