Over Coffee® is on Thanksgiving-week hiatus. Please enjoy this reposting of one of our top episodes of 2024!

XR Girls Africa Founder Diana Njeri is passionate about building a better future.

Her implements? Education, leadership--and virtual reality.

Diana, who is the Associate Director of Africa VR Campus and Center, works with Founder/CEO Paul Simon Waiyaki, through virtual reality. to teach career, tech and entrepreneurial skills to young women from underserved areas in Africa. Her students are the first African

girls in the metaverse!

"Some people told (the girls) that they would never go anywhere, because of where they come from," Diana says of her students.

"I keep telling them, 'hey, look, those words meant nothing. Now you're doing great things," she continues.

Among those great things: winning a first-place Social Impact award in the Girls' STEAM Institute competition in 2023; launching their own podcast and hosting regular metaverse meetups, in both ENGAGE and Banter; meeting with major decision makers in XR to pitch their entrepreneurial ideas; AND sharing their new technological skills by teaching other students in the metaverse!

Look for even greater things from XR Girls Africa in 2025--and beyond.