Courage Nyamhunga

Courage is an innovation nomad who enjoys being part of an interdisciplinary team of global problem solvers, spread across the world and solving some of the world’s biggest challenges. He is a curious reader and strategic thinker, with a knack for understanding systems and dismantling them - in order to install new ones by leveraging technology. 

Courage has competencies in programme and portfolio management, having built much of his experience with UNICEF as the Technology 4 Development/ Innovation Specialist where he managed mHealth and WASH projects with budgets of USD 1 million combined. He worked across three offices, from the artificial harbours in Colombo, to seeking shade under the Jacaranda trees in Harare and listening to the early morning sounds of the Azan in Djibouti. 

The significance of his work is figuring out how various digital tools can help close the existing ‘feedback loop’ in development and improve accountability mechanisms, which involves collecting community and youth voices, acting on those expressed needs or wants - and then taking that back to communities to say “this is how we’ve acted on what is important to you”. 

His capabilities include demonstrating the value of his work and unpacking the ‘innovation’ lingo, with the ability to articulate and communicate complex issues to a variety of audiences across technical disciplines and to non-technical audiences. Courage is a multi-passionate (passionate about equality, equity and social justice), digital creative who works to translate big, sometimes elusive concepts into something more tangible using data storytelling for social change, technology to hear, and then amplify the voices of the often marginalized in ‘obscure’ parts of the world.