EP 24: Designing for Global Health | Michael Ngigi

Michael Ngigi is the co-studio Lead of ThinkPlace Kenya where he leads a team of designers drawn from over 8 different countries. He’s passionate about Africa and unlocking the potential of the continent through design thinking. Michael has traveled across Africa understanding the different cultures and connecting people with solutions to their challenges. Early in his career he acknowledged the power of supporting people to identify their own challenges and the magic of facilitating the process of solving these challenges on their own. Michael is a board member of Design for Health, a global initiative led by the United States Agency for International Development and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and sits on the Technical Advisory Group of Living Labs, an initiative by PATH. Michael is also currently studying at the Harvard Business School Program for Leadership Development. Bon and Michael talk about his incredible journey from living on the streets of Nairobi to becoming a designer, incorporating design in public health projects and throwing our biases out the window.