Ciku Mbugua

Ciku is an Innovation Manager at Brink, actively involved in Brink’s EdTech Hub program across two pivotal teams. Within the innovation team, she aids in the iterative testing and growth of promising EdTech interventions using the sandbox tool. Simultaneously, in the engagement team, Ciku serves as the country lead for Brink’s work portfolio in Kenya. In this role, she provides crucial support to government, development partners, and EdTech entrepreneurs, offering evidence and technical assistance to expedite the integration of technology in education.

Beyond her education-focused role, Ciku contributes to Frontier Tech Futures, where she contemplates the future of impact-driven work and the role of technology within it. Drawing on her foresight knowledge, she assists organizations in strategic thinking and planning. Ciku holds an MSc in Public and Urban Policy from the University of Glasgow, United Kingdom, and is recognized as an Acumen East Africa Fellow.