Wendo Sahar
Founder and Executive Director, Dandelion Africa
Wendo Sahar is the Founder and Executive Director of Dandelion Africa. She has over a decade of experience in grassroots sustainable programs and is rooted in community-driven solutions. Wendo has studied in different schools, including Strathmore College, Executive Program for Nonprofit Leaders at Stanford University, and Social Entrepreneurship at GSBI Accelerator at Santa Clara University in California.
Wendo is an African Visionary Fellow. Her work was recently recognized as ‘Best in Gender Inclusion’ in Kenya and was featured by ‘Fortune 2024’. She is an Aspen New Voices Fellow 2019, an awardee of the Kenya Presidential Award 2022, and her work was recognized by Bill Gates through Gates Notes in 2022. She earned the Change Champion award from Population Matters 2021 and Rising Star 2017 from the Segal Family Foundation. She sits on multiple Boards locally and Internationally and consults for nonprofit philanthropists on localization and grassroots-driven initiatives.