Cottons Yaawa Kaka

Co-Founder & Programs Coordinator

Cottons Yaawa Kaka

Cottons Yaawa Kaka is a co-founder of Next Generation of Tech Giants and its Programs Coordinator, leading much of the programs, mentorship, community, and opportunity-access side of nGOT.

She is a Computer Science student at Wellesley College and an Explore Intern at Microsoft, working across software engineering and product development. At Wellesley she serves as an officer of the African Students Association and is involved with the college's hackathon community, WHACK.

Her work centres on STEM mentorship, career exploration, community building, and creating international pathways for African students.

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A pan-African technology talent accelerator developing young Africans into engineers, researchers, founders, and technology leaders — with a four-year investment in every Giant.

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