Akinyi prides herself in having growth as core value. This is the driving force behind her commitment towards continous improvement in development solutions. A relentless advocate for equality, her life’s work is dedicated to designing solutions that disrupt the way the world thinks about development. This inspires her organizing young people to be the deciding difference in creating smart and sustainable development. She has worked as a design thinking consultant helping businesses, civil societies and public servants design products and programs built for impact. She is a Mandela Washington Fellow, an Ashoka Young Changemaker, a One Young World Enterprise for Peace Ambassador, an Africa Youth for SDG’s Champion, SDG 5 Champion and a relentless force in advocating for gender responsive approaches to sustainable development. Her work with women in driving economic development earned her the Women of Heart Golden Award from the Women of Heart Foundation in London, UK. Her work has been featured on global platforms such as the Acumen Fund and World Connect.