MUGURE NJENDU

PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT, AFRICA

MUGURE NJENDU

PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT, AFRICA

Mugure is a Built Environment Professional with over 17 years of experience in the African region. She is an Urban Planner, Green Building Consultant and an Architect.

Mugure is a past President of the Architectural Association of Kenya and a current council  Member of the International Union of Architects as a Council Member of Region V; Africa. In the past 8 years, her focus in leadership, research, advocacy and practice has been in Green Building Design, Policy and Programs. She has worked on regulations drafting to support sustainable construction on the continent, as well as support of local green building rating platforms. Her research and publication projects include;The redesign and retrofit of Healthcare facilities for Covid -19 and Rethinking Educational space post Covid 19.

She is a Climate Action advocate in the Built Environment and has been recognized as one of the top 10 Global green voices by Mandalore Capital in 2021 and 2022. Mugure is a professional who understands the emissions produced in the chain of the Built Environment both at the Building and Urban Scale. She is passionate about the reduction of Carbon Emissions globally. She believes that the African Opportunity to build better lies in the policy development happening in the region and in the rapid urbanization and need for housing on the continent.

Telling stories with impact is the key to making people care about complex issues like climate change and building policy

MUGURE NJENDU

PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT, AFRICA

Mugure Njendu is an Architect, Green Building Consultant, a Founder and Climate Action Advocate.

She has over 15 years of Management, Business Development, Strategic thinking and Leadership experience in the Built Environment and Education sector in the East African region and has been recognized on the Business Daily’s Top 40 Under 40 twice in past years for her work in various organizations.

She is a STEAM Advocate, who is passionate about Climate Action and also an EDGE Expert. (EDGE is a green building Standard developed by the IFC, a member of the World Bank Group.) Mugure is also a member of the Project Management Institute and a graduate of the Greentech Entrepreneur Business Programme focused on sustainable business solutions that respond to Climate Change.

Policy reform, and collaboration between governments, organizations, industry and
the private sector are key to delivering long term change.