Enita Okonkwo
About
Enita Ese Okonkwo is a Civil Engineer and community builder. She graduated at the top of her class and has 15 years of experience advancing SDG 11 through more than 150 infrastructure projects that have impacted millions across Nigeria.
She is passionate about climate-resilient infrastructure, entrepreneurship, education equity, and increasing women's participation in STEM. She founded EngineRoom, a construction tech venture promoting sustainability and innovation, and The BookMarket a Meta-verified literacy platform that has distributed over 25,000 books and fostered a social community of 50,000 women and girls.
Enita is pursuing an MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development. Her research explores integrating Indigenous construction knowledge and smart construction technologies to modernise urban infrastructure development and maintenance in emerging economies like Nigeria.
Enita seeks to deepen her technical expertise at Cambridge and scale her social ventures to drive inclusive community development across Africa in STEM, construction technology, education, and sustainable infrastructure.