2025 WCTC SCHOLAR
JUNE 2025
Among the scholars awarded the 2025 World Conference on Tobacco Control (WCTC) scholarship. Attended the conference and presented an abstract on countering tobacco industry interference on the digital platforms. See link
2025 ATIM SCHOLARS
MAY 2025
Invited and awarded a scholarship by The Africa Centre for Tobacco Industry Monitoring and Policy Research (ATIM) at the University of Pretoria to attend the Tobacco Industry Monitoring Course in Entebbe, Uganda. See link
2025 GLOBAL NCD ALLIANCE FORUM SCHOLARHIP RECIPIENT
FEBRUARY 2025
Awarded scholarship by Global NCD Alliance to attend the Global NCD Alliance forum held in Kigali, Rwanda. See link
TOP 100 KENYANS 2024
DECEMBER 2024
Recognized among the Top 100 Kenyans 2024 for my commitment toward non-communicable diseases (NCDs) advocacy.
FOUNDERS FACTORY AFRICA ACADEMY GRANT AWARD
May 2024
Received a $5000 grant and 3 months of business support after pitching my business idea known as Afyalytics at the Founders Factory Africa Academy’s Explore Program. See blog
YOUNG INNOVATORS AWARD
APRIL 2024
Was honored with the Young Innovators Award at the 5th Quality Healthcare Forum and Awards held at the Villa Rosa Kempinski Hotel, Nairobi. This prestigious award recognizes individuals who are making significant contributions to improving healthcare outcomes through innovative projects and policy initiatives. See link
7TH GLOBAL ALCOHOL POLICY CONFERENCE BURSARY
OCTOBER 2023
Awarded a bursary by the Global Alcohol Policy Alliance (GAPA) to attend the 7th Global Alcohol Policy Conference in Cape Town, South Africa.
THE WELLNESS AWARD
OCTOBER 2022
Awarded the Wellness Award during Jasiri Residential Intensive program for making it my goal to ensure fellows remain healthy and fit despite the five meals per day.
The award was given by Jasiri Talent Investor programme. See link
2022
APRIL
Won the Student Innovation Project of the Year during the Quality Healthcare Kenyan Award. The Quality Healthcare Kenyan Awards (QHKA) seeks to honour excellence and innovation in the health sector for quality patient-centered care. The award came through the NCD 365 project I led at Stowelink and during my study at Kenyatta University. The project was implemented by team drawn from Stowelink and with partners across Kenya and Africa.
2021
Awarded Hideyo Noguchi African Prize for Young Researchers. This was awarded by WHO AFRO in collaboration with Japanese Government. I was among the 22 selected young Africans. This scholarship culminated into publication of research on mHealth technologies in augmenting universal health coverage.
Oduor, K., Ogweno, S., Ajwang, D., & Okinyi, N. (2023). Incorporating mHealth Interventions into Kenya’s Health Infrastructure to Augment Universal Health Coverage, Service Delivery Improvement Approach. South Eastern European Journal of Public Health. https://doi.org/10.70135/seejph.vi.209
2020
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December
Awarded Ban KI-Moon Global Citizen Scholarship. The Global Citizen Scholarship Program empowers young, active global citizen leaders who are engaged in SDGs and may otherwise not have access to valuable educational opportunities, networking experiences, and peer-to-peer exchange. The Scholarship includes the opportunity to attend a specialized academic training, join international fora, network with high-level changemakers, attend expert skills trainings and workshops, benefit from one-on-one mentoring, and profit from peer-to-peer exchange.
2020
March
Awarded a scholarship to attend and present at the Commonwealth Nurses and Midwives Conference in held on March 5-7th at the Royal College of Physicians, London UK. During the conference, I presented a project dubbed “the Drug Free Youth.” The scholarship was by Commonwealth Nurses and Midwives Federation (CNMF).
2020
January
WINNER TWENDE KAZI MOBILE FILM AWARDS SPECIAL CATEGORY- SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-Being) IMPACT VIDEOS. Twende Kazi Mobile Film Awards is an initiative driven by the National Government Affirmative Action Fund the office of the Women Representative to recognize national film makers and young people working on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
2019
December
Stowelink Employee of the Year Award. Employee of the year award is an annual award conferred to the most committed and dedicated staff. The award comes with a prestigious certificate which is a true testimony of the achievement made by Staff at Stowelink. The nomination and selection process is rigorous and is steered by the board of directors. The board considers various parameters before deciding to award it. As such whomever receives the award truly deserves it.
2019
August
Awarded the YALI (Young African Leaders Initiative) scholarship. YALI is a prestigious regional leadership program for Young African Leaders. The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) was launched by former President of the United States Barack Obama as a signature effort to invest in the next generation of African leaders. The need to invest in grooming strong, results-oriented leaders comes out of the statistics: nearly 1 in 3 Africans are between the ages of 10 and 24, and approximately 60% of Africa’s total population is below the age of 35.
2019
June
Won the EFSOYC (Enhancing Food Security in urban and rural areas through Outreach Youth Champions). This award provided seed grants to supports young people to conduct their SDG projects. EFSOYC was funded by Bills and Melinda Gates Foundation through Kenyatta University. In 2019, the award was given to 8 pairs. My project, INFO4FOOD was among the 8 groups who won this prestigious award.
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