About Lindy

Lindy Wafula is the Founder and Executive Director of Project Africa – a nonprofit organization established in Kenya to promote gender equality and empowerment of women. She is also a social entrepreneur and community organizer who is a passionate advocate for the advancement of women in leadership and decision making position in every social, economic and political spheres of life.

Lindy’s commitment to the empowerment of women from the grassroot-up steered her into politics where she contested for the office of Member of Parliament in 2010. She was also elected to the National Executive Council of the Labour Party of Kenya where she is currently the Leader of the Women Congress of the Labour Party of Kenya (LPK). She also serves as the Secretary General of the Women’s Academy for Africa (WAFA) which seeks to empower African Women politicians who subscribe to social democracy with tools for winning elections through training and mentorship.

A champion for young women, Lindy Wafula has successfully spearheaded programs under the banner of Leading Ladies Circles to ensure the education, empowerment and engagement of young women in leadership. The Global Women Leadership Network recognizes her commitment to the inspiring challenge of advocating for the representation of young women under than 40 in political process in local, national and global levels.

In addition, The Nile African Development Organization recognized Lindy Wafula as one of the African women making a difference towards ending poverty. Her contributions towards achieving MDG 3- promoting gender equality and empowerment of women, earned her the prestigious 2010 African International MDGs Achievers Award.

Lindy is an inspiring and eloquent public speaker who has been featured in several conferences both locally and internationally including the Aspire Women’s Conference (London, UK), TEDx Women Conferences, Leading Ladies Conferences amongst others. She is also a TV Host to her own Leading Ladies Show.

Lindy earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees in International Relations and Global Political Studies from Malmo University, Sweden. She is pursuing her MA in Communication for Development at the same University. She also has a Diploma in Media and Communication from Kenya Institute of Mass Communication.

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