Since 2019, she has been accumulating awards that testify to the great value her commitment has according to various public and private actors. In addition to her skills as a graphic designer, Winnie Katengwa Nyota (pictured) has added several others throughout her career. She also developed skills in tech innovation, which she combines with her first passion, drawing.

Her endeavor earned her the 2nd Orange Prize for Social Entrepreneurship in Africa and the Middle East (Poesam) in 2021. She won this award with Android Africa, a smartphone interface that she designed to promote African culture. The icons used to access functions are different from those found on most smartphones.

Android Africa is a tool of knowledge within reach of the hands, the promoter said. The idea is to bring a typically African added value to the mobile industry through apps oriented to several themes such as learning African languages and networking. It can help people find their country of origin, region, ethnicity, etc.

Winnie Katengwa Nyota wants to show a continent rich in its diversity, beautiful in its cultures, population dynamic, and open to life to those who only know Africa through the images of war, famine, political instability, and poverty conveyed by foreign media.

In February 2021, at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kinshasa, she was nominated for the second edition of Sodeico's 100 jeunes pages d'espoir initiative, in the "solution through technologies and innovations for creation" category. She was also laureate of the 2019 Inventor and Innovator Masterclass organized by the Ministry of Industry in collaboration with the Ministry of Scientific Research and Technological Innovation.

Muriel Edjo