Nkechi is a seasoned civic technologist passionate about leveraging data and technology to improve the way government engages and delivers service to citizens. For the past 9 years, she has worked with national and sub-national governments, civil societies and journalists in Africa and Asia, championing open data, open governance, govtech and building data-driven communities across Africa. She currently leads the Code for Africa’s GovTech Program to transform the way government works using data and technology and is a data literacy consultant for the Nepal World Bank data literacy team. Nkechi is also a Mandela Washington Fellow, a member of the Global Shaper Community, Cape Town Hub and a School of Data fellow. She enjoys writing, reading and travelling in her spare time.