Our guests in this episode are Philippa Ngaju Makobore and Dr. Sandra Mjöll Jónsdóttir-Buch. 

Philippa Ngaju Makobore is an electrical engineer and head of instrumentation division at the Uganda Industrial Research Institute (UIRI). Her team works on health care, agriculture and energy projects. She has built partnerships with Columbia University in New York City, Makerere University in Kampala, Addis Ababa University, and the Mbarara University of Science and Technology. In 2017, Makobore entered the Innovation Prize for Africa with the electronically controlled gravity feed infusion set (ECGF). The ECGF won the second prize 2016: First place Innovation Award at the 2016 World Patient Safety, Science, and Technology Summit.

Dr. Sandra Mjöll Jónsdóttir-Buch is a biomedical scientist and Managing Director of the Icelandic Science Institute. Previously, she was the CEO and founder of Platome Biotechnology - a company that aims to accelerate stem cell-based medicine and is based upon a technology that Sandra took part in developing. In addition, Sandra was VP of Sales and Marketing for the pharmaceutical company Florealis. She was selected as Innovator of the Year in 2017 by the Global Women Inventors and Innovators Network and invited to speak at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in India. Sandra is passionate about science, innovation and women empowerment. Not to mention, she has a Taekwondo black belt!