Nkemdilim Onuora

Education innovator bridging Nigeria's rural-urban education divide

Nkemdilim 'Nikki' Onuora (b.1985) is a Nigerian education technologist whose Edushine platform has transformed access to quality education for 200,000+ students in underserved regions. Her breakthrough 2016 pilot program in Lagos' slum areas used solar-powered tablets with AI-driven curricula, achieving 40% improvement in math literacy rates. The EduShine Bus initiative now operates 50 mobile classrooms across 6 states, delivering STEM education via partnerships with Microsoft's Airband Initiative.

Onuora's 2020 TEDx Talk highlighted how Nigeria's education system loses 30% of rural students annually - a crisis her Girls Code Academy addresses through scholarships funded by crypto donations. Her collaboration with UNESCO's Global Education Initiative expanded the model to Kenya and Ghana. Recent innovations include an app translating Yoruba folklore into coding concepts, featured in Harvard EdTech Review.