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SIERRA LEONE’S🇸🇱 FIRST FEMALE DRONE ENGINEER IS SELECTED BY VIRGINIA TECH & UNICEF FOR THE DRONE TRAINING PROGRAM IN MALAWI.
Hafsatu Rakie Sesay has been selected by the African Drone and Data Academy (ADDA), as a member of its first cohort scheduled for October to December of 2019. The training program is run by Virginia Tech Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and UNICEF Malawi. The training will take place at Daeyang Univesity, in Lilongwe, Malawi.

Rakie is a versatile and multitalented Mechanical Engineer who is passionate about solving challenges through the application of STEM. She participated in the TechwoeShe has worked and delivered projects successfully whilst working in her current role for Track Your Build Sierra Leone. Track Your Build is an engineering company specialized in using drones and satellite data to monitor construction, conduct land surveys, agricultural crop mapping, and assess damage and risk from natural disasters such as landslides and floods.

The ADDA was established by Virginia Tech University’s Center