- Dorothy Okello
-
Dr. Dorothy Okello is a Ugandan technologist and engineer, known for her work in the Women of Uganda Network or WOUGNET.[1]
WOUGNET director Dr. Dorothy Okello has a B.Sc. in Engineering (Electrical) from Makerere University, Uganda, an M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Kansas, United States and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from McGill University, Montreal, Canada (where she received a Commonwealth Scholarship). She has worked to get more women and rural communities engaged in the information society.
References
- ^ Ted Hart et al (2010). Internet management for nonprofits : strategies, tools & trade secrets. Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons. p. 376. ISBN 9780470539569. http://books.google.com/books?id=EofNE4lpPb0C&pg=PA376&dq=Dorothy+Okello+wougnet&hl=en&ei=hBNGTcCgJ5L4swOQ3N29Cg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CEUQ6AEwBg. Retrieved 31 January 2011. "Mobile phones are affordable to many people even in rural areas,” explains Wougnet's executive director, Dorothy Okello."
Categories:- Women in engineering
- Living people
- Women in technology
- Ugandan people stubs
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.