Her perfume announces her arrival before she shows up. And when she finally appears, Yolanda Muyonga compels you to confront every lazy assumption you’ve held about what a woman in engineering should look like. Yet she’s every bit the engineer, as much as an avocado is a fruit.
Currently serving as Chief Engineer (Research and Innovation) at the Kenya Pipeline Company, Yolanda has 15 years in civil engineering, infrastructure development, and public service leadership.