Ms. Dorcas Muthoni, an entrepreneur and computer scientist, is the CEO and
founder of OPENWORLD LTD (www.openworld.co.ke), a software company she started at the age of 24 years. OPENWORLD is now a leading e-Government and Business Software Services firm in the Eastern Africa region.
OPENWORLD has been involved in the delivery of some most widely used web and cloud applications in Africa such as ARIS, an African Union reporting application used by all the 54 member states, Performance Management System for the Government of Kenya automating performance contracting in the public sector and OpenBusiness, a revolutionary cloud/mobile SME onmichannel retail trade platform.
Muthoni is also the founder of a mentorship and capacity building initiative for women in computing across Africa, AfChix,. Since the year 2004, in Kenya and across other countries, AfChix activities have included, organizing annual Computing Career Conferences with a special emphasis on encouraging the uptake of computing careers amongst young women and high school girls; continuous career development for technical women as well role modeling to upcoming women in computer science. This passion and involvement has christened her as a role model for the women and girl folk in the African community.
Muthoni has been on the board of directors several global tech companies including Ushahidi and Enset. Through her day to day work as an entrepreneur and computer scientist, Muthoni seeks to see technology positively transforming the lives of the African society, governments and enterprises.
She is married to Joseph, with two daughters Miranda and Veronica.
