Kagure Wamunyu

DPhil in Sustainable Urban Development

Thesis

Investigating the Transport Impacts of Ridesourcing Technologies in Kenya: The Case of Uber in Nairobi

Supervisor(s)

Dr. Nihan Akyelken

Biography

Kagure started her DPhil studies in 2017. She is the Senior Director of Strategy for Bridge International Academies in East Africa. She received her Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley, BSc in Civil Engineering from NC State University and BA in Mathematics from Meredith College. Previously she worked as the country manager for Uber in Kenya where she had been part of the launching team in Nairobi in 2015. Kagure is a board member of The Somo Project, Co-Founder of HerAfrika and alumni of Zawadi Africa Education Fund.  Kagure would like to participate in shaping the transport future of Kenya