Winnie Nakiyingi

Winnie Nakiyingi is a master at research and report writing with a specialization in mathematical and statistical processes. She is an alumna of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), where she currently works as a Research Assistant (Data & Quantum) at the Research and Innovation Center in Kigali, Rwanda. She is a certified researcher through the TRREE Training program in Research Ethics Evaluation. Because of her passion for empowering African women and girls in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), she founded Words That Count (WTC), an initiative that documents stories of successful African women in STEM. The aim is to present the various career paths on the STEM spectrum to young girls mapping their careers in STEM. She has also been engaged in humanitarian work through Axiom-DK as a Statistics consultant. Winnie is one of the Science Diplomacy alumni at the United Nations Institute and Training and Research (UNITAR), and the Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator (GESDA). More recently, she has been selected as one of the prestigious Women In Africa (WIA) Young Leaders 2023 laureates.