Bupe Chikumbi

Founder/ Executive Director/CEO

Bupe Chikumbi is a human biologist, SDG champion and education activist. She is the founder/ED of Genius Education Zambia, an EdTech, STEM organisation that has a reach of 100, 000 youth through hands-on STEM projects. Additionally, she is a curriculum approved textbook writer with the ministry of education Zambia. Her leadership track is: One Young World Summit Delegate Speaker 2022, Clinton Global Initiative University 2022, WIA54 2022, 2022 YouthxYouth Activist, an Ashoka Changemaker, Youth Delegate at UNITE 2030 and YOUNGA 21, 2021/22 Atlas Corps Semi-finalist, 2020 Mandela Washington Fellowship Semi-finalist and a Young European Leadership alumni. Bupe is a research fellow at Youth Center for Research and member of Global Changemakers. She volunteers weekly at Women Influence Community Girls project where she teaches classical piano music to 20 children. She also serves as a Judge for the 2021 and 2022 Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition and currently a Project Officer at UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network Youth