Nanjira Sambuli

Nanjira is the Senior Advocacy Officer, Africa for Inclusive Financial Systems and Digital Public Infrastructure at the Gates Foundation. She is a researcher, policy analyst and advocacy strategist studying the unfolding, gendered impacts of digitalization/ICT adoption on governance, diplomacy, media, entrepreneurship, and culture, especially in Africa.


Nanjira was previously a Fellow in the Technology and International Affairs Program at The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, led digital equality advocacy efforts at the World Wide Web Foundation, and worked at iHub Nairobi, where she provided strategic guidance for growth of technology innovation research in the East Africa region. She has also served as co-chair of Transform Health, as a Commissioner on the Lancet & Financial Times Governing Health Futures 2030 Commission, as a panel member on the United Nations Secretary General’s High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation, and as a deputy on the United Nations Secretary General’s High-Level Panel for Women’s Economic Empowerment.