Akad Education Group - Africa

Christie Weche 

Christie Weche is responsible for Customer Service, Procurement and Quality Control at the AKAD Education Group - Africa. Within the August 2017 holidays, she is exploring Africa and has travelled through Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia and Botswana - adding to other international travel experiences. She is currently on holiday internship in Law with Chibanda, Makgelemele & Co. Advocates in Gaborone, Botswana

Christie is a form 2 (Grade 10) student at Loreto Convent Valley Road (LCVR) where she is passionate about First Aid and Model United Nations Clubs. She was previously at Bellevue School, where she scored 394 marks in KCPE national examinations; four A’s and one B grade. Her career interests are in Medicine, Psychology and Fashion design.

As a leader, Christie has always been one to think creatively in finding solutions that add value to her community. When she joined Bellevue School in Std. 4, she introduced the creative arts - Music leading to the school’s participation at the finals of the Kenya National Musical Festival at regional and national level. This led to many other activities and discovery of undiscovered talent among her fellow school students, for which she has featured on national TV, KBC.

Through the AKAD Education Group platform, she has shared her leadership story to inspire hundreds of students at schools that include Kenyan national schools; Alliance Girls High School, Limuru Girls and The Kenya High School (https://youtu.be/IQXIiyJ53l0) . Here she has shared the stage with leaders such as Professor Ambassador Michael Koech, Professor Elizabeth Maleche-Obimbo, Dr. Vimal Shah and Dr. Wilberforce Wanyanga among others. Seminar events have included Kenya Power (“Mentoring Future Engineers” - https://youtu.be/acyCYUEtsvc) and Bidco Africa  (“Mentoring Future Leaders” - https://youtu.be/QInxJoj_wrU)  She is consistently motivatied by successful AKAD mentees that have gone before her and been regularly admitted to top, world class academic institutions such as Harvard, Stanford, UPenn universities and others.

Christie has been a Brand Ambassador and coordinator with the Inua Dada campaign of Citizen TV Anchor-Journalist, Janet Mbugua. Here she mobilized classmates and friends speaking on national television about the problems facing the girl child - and managed the auditioning, recording, transportation and production leading to screening of the Public Service Announcements (PSA’s) on Citizen TV. These are available on YouTube at

• Brenda Wanjiru  with Professor Jacob Kaimenyi, former Cabinet Secretary, Education: http://youtu.be/KG_FhBCpakM
  
• Ashley Kigen with TV anchor Lulu Hassan: http://youtu.be/M2kggvetcAg 
  
• Fatuma Muhammed with Adele Onyango: http://youtu.be/hB9xwj5QAFI
  

Christie has a passion for writing and has received several awards by her former school in the writing competitions organized by the English Department. This includes competition essays by the Giraffe Centre. Although she did not win, the experience and practice helped sharpen her skills in essay writing, time management and critical thinking. Her passion for the community has led to her participation with enviromental organization Mazingira Safi Initiative through which she has cleaned streets with assistance from the Nairobi City Council. Christie looks forward to working with the Out of the Streets organization by mobilizing herself and others to donate books which will go to building a library for rehabilitated street kids. Her desire is to join the African Leadership Academy, and proceed on to college at Harvard University.