European Business University of Luxembourg (EBU) is celebrating the Victory of 29-year-old Kenyan, Nelly Cheboi who has been named 2022 CNN Hero of the Year.
Cheboi is a working partner of the European Business University and her organisation Techlit is also in partnership with the University that offers scholarships to students globally with a majority from the African continent and Kenya in particular.
James Muli the President of EBU while congratulating her said Cheboi was a symbol of not only the women they aspire to promote but also youth who are an integral part of the EBU Vision.
In a statement, Muli said Cheboi's organisation Techlit is their partner and her co-workers were taking courses with the University that's why they had every reason to celebrate her.
"We are a proud partner of Nelly Cheboi and her quest for Affordable, Accessible, and Equitable education. Her vision of technology being an enabler is an intricate part of the strategy EBU applies with its 13,000+ students primarily located in Africa," said the President in part.
Cheboi and her vision is aligned with the University, the institution added.
The Aim of the University is to offer opportunities for education to people from Vulnerable communities so as to help in transforming their lives.
In 2019 Cheboi quit a lucrative software engineering job in Chicago USA to Create Computer labs for Kenyan School Children.
She will now receive $100,000 (Sh12.3 million) to expand her work.
Cheboi’s non-profit, TechLit Africa, has provided thousands of students across rural Kenya with access to donated, upcycled computers and the chance at a brighter future.
A hard-working student, Cheboi received a full scholarship to Augustana College in Illinois in 2012.
