Source: Haggai International, April 23, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You\u2019ve heard about Silicon Valley \u2014 the northern California region home to some of the world\u2019s most influential tech companies \u2014 but what about the \u201cSilicon Savannah?\u201d Nairobi, the bustling capital of Kenya, has experienced rapid growth in the tech industry, becoming Africa\u2019s 21st-century technological hub.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mary Joy Kimani has worked as a manager with a Fortune 500 technology company for more than a decade. In her role, she connects companies around the world with technological systems and products. But her drive, ambition, and commitment to excellence come from a deeper place. A believer since childhood, Mary Joy\u2019s faith undergirds everything she does and led her to her current role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When she first joined the company, she was told she had been hired as an \u201cevangelist\u201d for the company, not a typical job title in tech, but one she identified\/resonated with given the urgency and passion with which she shares her faith, both in the marketplace and in ministry to teens and young adults. Through her work with the Christian Unions, Mary Joy visits high schools in and beyond Nairobi, sharing the gospel with hundreds of teens. She often sees 15-50 students respond to Christ in a single visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read the full story<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here are some ways to pray for Kenya<\/a>, described as having \u201ca little bit of all of Africa in one country\u201d (Prayercast).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Source: Haggai International, April 23, 2025 You\u2019ve heard about Silicon Valley \u2014 the northern California region home to some of the world\u2019s most influential tech companies \u2014 but what about the \u201cSilicon Savannah?\u201d Nairobi, the bustling capital of Kenya, has experienced rapid growth in the tech industry, becoming Africa\u2019s 21st-century technological hub. Mary Joy Kimani … Continue reading Kenya: An Evangelist in the Silicon Savannah<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13817"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13818,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13817\/revisions\/13818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}