Nomusa Keninda is a Trailblazer Award Winner of the 19TH Public Sector Innovation Awards

 Nomusa Keninda has made eMalahleni and Mpumalanga Department of Education proud again. On the 25^th February 2022 at Birchwood Hotel, she was announced as one of the TRAILBLAZER Award Winner coming from Mpumalanga Province for her contribution to digital literacy within education. The ceremony was organized by the Centre for Public Service Innovation (CPSI).

Keninda is well known for her zeal and commitment to the ICT in Education. She is the Founder and the CEO of the Mpumalanga ICT CLUB, the club that she established in 2014 to empower teachers, learners and the youth with digital technologies.

 “My highlights for getting is through my persistence in the promotion of STEM, especially in girls' education: The DigiGirlz initiative is close to my heart and I am grateful that I made some remarkable impact in digital literacy in Mpumalanga and other provinces,” said Keninda

Keninda was also invited to share her journey of innovation with other finalists from various government departments during the two days of the Design Thinking Methodology Workshop before the award ceremony at Birchwood Hotel in Ekurhuleni. Design thinking seeks to unlock innovative solutions in a process that involves empathizing, defining, ideating, prototyping and testing. 

“The workshop was excellently presented, it came at the right time where there are challenges in many workplaces ranging from lack of change management, digital transformation phobia and many more that need creativity and innovation. I learnt a lot from other finalists where they are also confronted with resistance to change from the traditional way of doing things in order to accelerate service delivery,” said Keninda.

Nomusa on the stage with the Deputy Minister of Public Service and Administration, Executive Mayor of Ekurhuleni Local Municipality and other Trailblazers Award Winners