News, press, and recognition.
What's happening at Flux, and what's been said about it.
UN Best Innovation Award
Recognised for MapWASH, the COVID-19 handwashing-tracking response built under Flux — deployed across 30 counties and 1,953 locations, tracking over 18.9M handwashes.
Ken Ruto '20 Named Second Runner-Up in Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge ↗
Profile on Flux and the Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge win, with direct quotes on what inspired the project.
Summer Centered: Ken Ruto '20 Confronts the Water Crisis ↗
On the Center for Peace & Global Citizenship fellowship summer building Flux in Nairobi, and "Distro," the geospatial mapping toolkit that led into MapWASH.
Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge Winner ↗
Second runner-up, $25,000, for Flux — a smart water meter tracking utility losses in Kenya’s water-delivery system. Built with my brother Denis.
Social Shifters STEM Global Winner
Haverford Innovation Fellow
Center for Peace & Global Citizenship Fellow
Funded the summer 2019 return to Nairobi to build Flux full-time.
Initiative for Longtermism in Africa Research Fellow
$5,000 applied-research grant for cost-effectiveness benchmarking of state water utilities across Kenya and Sub-Saharan Africa.