Purity Ngina is a Kenyan Academician and the Research and Assessment Manager at Zizi Afrique Foundation. Prior to joining Zizi Afrique Foundation Purity was a lecturer at Strathmore University in Nairobi. At age 28,^[1] she became Kenyan youngest Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) graduate in Biomathematics from the same University^[2]

Background and education

She was born in present day Nyeri County in rural Kenya in 1990.^[3] Ngina sat for Kenya's elementary examination Kenya Certificate of Primary Education KCPE twice in 2002 and 2003 before proceeding to secondary school and graduating in 2007.^[4][5]

In 2009, she was admitted to Egerton University for undergraduate Degree in Education Science and Mathematics, graduating with a First Class Honors in 2013 before pursuing a Master’s degree in Applied Mathematics from the same university and graduating in 2015.^[6][7]

Ngina joined Strathmore University as an assistant lecturer in 2016. During which she received funding from The German Academic Exchange Service^[8] to enroll for her PhD.^[9] In 2018, she made history as Kenya's youngest PhD holder in Biomathematics aged 28 years.^[10] Her PhD thesis titled: Mathematical Modelling of In Vivo HIV Optimal Therapy Management, explains the dynamics between HIV and Mathematics.^[11]

Career

Ngina is a Manager-Research and Assessment at Zizi Afrique Foundation. Ngina previously worked as a lecturer at Strathmore University. Where she taught students pursuing Financial Engineering, Financial Economics, and Actuarial Science students.^[12]

Family

Ngina and her older brother were raised by a single mother who died in 2017.^[13] She is married to Germano Mugambi, a university lecturer at Egerton University ^[14]

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