Gada Kadoda

Gada Kadoda is a Sudanese Engineer and associate professor at Garden City College for Science and Technology. She teaches at the University of Khartoum, where she introduced a course in knowledge management. She has previously served as President of the Sudanese Knowledge Society. She was selected as one of the BBC 100 Women in 2019.

Early life and education Kadoda studied computer science at the University of Khartoum in 1991. She moved to the United Kingdom after graduating, where she studied information systems at City, University of London. and has served as President of the Sudanese Knowledge Society. She worked with two universities, the Sudan University of Science and Technology and University of Khartoum, to introduce innovation programs that support students in their entrepreneurial efforts. She is working to convert this activity into a stand-alone UNICEF Innovation Laboratory.

Kadoda was a founding member of Mehen, a training centre for women. She has called for decolonial and feminist education in Sudanese schools and universities, as well as leading anti-racist workshops. She is a member of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease and Sudan National Information Centre, as well as organising the Sudanese Equitable Futures Network. She delivered a TED talk in Khartoum in 2011.

In 2014 Kadoda was selected as One to Watch by UNICEF.

Selected publications Her publications include;