Bio
Cynthia Wandia is a Kenyan electrical engineer, entrepreneur, and corporate executive. She is the CEO and co-founder of Kwara Limited, an online and mobile banking platform for financial cooperatives, credit unions, and community banks in Kenya. Cynthia also serves as the managing director of ASTRA Innovations, a German-based enterprise she co-founded.
Born around 1986, Cynthia attended Alliance Girls High School in Kenya and graduated from Yale University in 2009 with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. She also completed an Advanced Management Program at Dartmouth College. Cynthia has worked as a business development consultant in Mexico and with E.ON in Germany and Spain. Fluent in multiple languages, she was named one of Kenya’s Top 40 Under 40 Women by Business Daily Africa in 2018.