Is Technology Gendered in Africa? A View from Namibia - Heike Winschiers

Heike Winschiers-Theophilus is a professor in the Department of Software Engineering at the Polytechnic of Namibia. Her work has focused on designing visualization systems and technology interfaces for use by indigenous people. She is interested in how indigenous culture and knowledge is captured and managed, and how indigenous peoples are represented. She earned her PhD from the University of Hamburg and has undergraduate and Master's degrees in computer science. She was formerly dean of Polytechnic's School of Information Technology. Part of the Women in STEM Series.