Rachel Sibande

Quick Facts

Full Name	Rachel Sibande
Occupation	Computer Scientist
Date Of Birth	Jan 9, 1986(1986-01-09)
Age	38
Birthplace	Lilongwe
Country	Malawi
Horoscope	Capricorn

Rachel Sibande Biography

Rachel Sibande is one of the most popular and richest Computer Scientist who was born on January 9, 1986 in Lilongwe, Malawi. Sibande was the youngest of five children and was born in Lilongwe in Malawi in 1986. She is the daughter of Ethel Muyaba and Ben Chavula. Her father is an accountant, and her mother was first a home economist teacher at vocational college. Later she became a rural development specialist.

Sibande was awarded a PhD scholarship by Institute Markets Technologies (IMT Lucca) in 2010. However, she had to turn down the opportunity due to the birth of her first child. In 2015, Sibande was offered another PhD opportunity from Rhodes University’s Computer Science Department.

Rachel Sibande founded Malawis first innovation hub and incubator (called mHub) in 2013. Since mHubs establishment, Rachel has impacted over 40,000 young innovative entrepreneurs with digital and entrepreneurial skills to champion and develop sustainable business solutions. Through mHub, Rachel created an entrepreneurship curriculum and implemented projects aimed at supporting promising entrepreneurs on three pillars; Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship. She also pioneered initiatives called Childrens Coding Club and Girls Coding Club (cf Code Club) to show young people and especially girls how to develop games, animations and mobile technology applications, creating a generation of technology creators.[3] Through the coding initiatives, Rachel’s mHub has trained over 1,000 children and 5,000 girls in basic ICT skills and software development.

In the 2014 Malawian general election, Sibande worked as a technology expert, leading the development and deployment of a mobile and online voter verification system and a citizen journalism for real time monitoring of elections for independent observers and citizens. Almost 400,000 citizens were verified voter IDs through digital platform. Over 1,500,000 messages sent through citizens’ reports and from observers on incidences related to the electoral process.

Soon after, she began her first job at Globe Computer Systems as a software developer. After completing her ICT degree at Kamuzu Academy in Malawi, she moved to education. In 2007, she left the Academy to complete a Master’s in Information Theory, Coding and Cryptography from Mzuzu University. She was also an adjunct lecturer in Statistics at the Department of Mathematics. In 2010, she graduated with a Master’s degree in Science with distinction.

Rachel Sibande Net Worth

Rachel Sibande is one of the richest Computer Scientist from Malawi. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Rachel Sibande 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Rachel Chimwemwe Silabe (born January 9, 1986 in Malawi) is a Malawian technology expert and educator. She also serves as a social entrepreneur. She is the founder and director of Malawi’s First Innovation Hub, an incubator for entrepreneurs, start-ups and innovators, mHub. Rachel is an entrepreneur in technology and energy. Rachel is also Chairperson of Girl Effect Malawi, and a Board Member at GiveDirectly Malawi.

Sibande was educated at Our Lady of Wisdom Secondary school, a Catholic school located in Blantyre. At the age of 15, Sibande was chosen to attend University of Malawi’s Chancellor College. Sibande received a Bachelors degree in 2006 with a major in Computer Science and a credit.

In 2012, Rachel became an alumna of President Obama’s Young African Leaders Initiative. She later delivered a TED talk in 2013 on the subject of using technology for agricultural development. In 2015, she received the Anita Borg Scholarship from Google, now called the TechWomen Scholarship programme. The scholarship is given to outstanding female computer science students from around the world. She also served a Country Director for USA based non-profit entities ACDI/VOCA and Agribusiness Systems International on USAID funded projects to enhance structured agricultural trading systems in Malawi.

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Rachel Ranked on the list of most popular Computer Scientist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Malawi. Rachel Sibande celebrates birthday on January 9 of every year.