AFRICA | A 25-year-old African lady named Nomhle Ngwenya has made history as the first black woman to earn a Doctorate in Science after she bagged a Ph.D. in Geography at the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa.
Nomhie also holds the distinction of being the youngest student ever to graduate with a Ph.D. in her field at the university.
She began her academic journey at the University of Witwatersrand, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Geography and Sociology, followed by a Bachelor’s degree in Geography and Environmental Sciences with honors (cum laude).
Due to her outstanding academic performance, Nomhle was fast-tracked into a Ph.D. program in the Faculty of Science, a rare achievement for students in her field. “My PhD journey has taught me resilience, passion and the importance of determination in achieving one’s goals,” she said,
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With the support and guidance of her supervisor, she took on a very big project looking at innovative financial mechanisms in the bond market and how they could play a role in financing the low-carbon transition in South Africa.
Nohmie’s goal is to have a generational impact where through her hard work and determination she leaves a legacy of difference. Nohmie added that it could be having created a platform where more black females are inspired to be in STEM research.
”This could be having created a platform where more black females are inspired to be in STEM research and careers but also being part of innovative solutions to leveraging Africa to be the superpower it so rightly deserves to be,” she said,
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