Tribute for Felicity Tawengwa

A year after our co-founder Felicity Tawengwa passed away, Mobility for Africa’s team joined her family for her memorial. As part of celebrating Felicity and her amazing commitment to rural women, we marked the occasion by opening the Felicity Tawengwa training centre at our initial pilot site at Shaka Hills Farm. This centre will remain at the forefront of testing new technology, transferring practical skills to young Zimbabweans in energy, battery management and electric mobility.

In the next year, with support from Toyota Mobility Foundation, we will be collaborating with Shaka Hill to work to help improve access to markets for rural women. By combining mobility and agricultural support, and creating a hub where local farmers can sell their produce, we plan to improve rural incomes for women and their families by giving them access to better markets for their produce.

This was part of the vision Felicity had. She was committed to rural Zimbabwe and believed we can be part of building a vibrant resilient continent.

We still miss her every day but are inspired to work even harder to achieve her vision.