Consolata Lihepa

After finishing her Environmental Engineering BSc at Ardhi University, she decided to be an entrepreneur. Starting with almost nothing, she started Faraja Arts in 2015, which was an art business. Delivering to customers doorstep gave her business an exception from other art dealers. In 2016, she decided to do what she was taught in university, that is to conserve the environment. Turn Trash Into Art was born, and so far she has won the 2017 Malkia Wa Nguvu Award in Science and Technology. She also teaches women and youth how to recycle and paint, and soon she will start teaching in secondary schools innovative studies.