Nairobi, Oct. 10 -- Stacy Alwanga's entry into cybersecurity wasn't planned. Raised in a family of medical professionals, her early ambitions leaned toward engineering and medicine. But today, as a cybersecurity engineer at CyberGuard Africa, the 22-year old's passion lies not only in securing systems but in mentoring the next generation of women in tech.

Stacy's story reflects the transformative power of mentorship and the potential it holds for shaping futures.

"I started out thinking I would follow in my parents' footsteps," she recalls. "But everything changed when I began learning about cybersecurity during the pandemic. I realised there was a whole new world beyond what I had imagined."

Her journey into cybersecurity was largely ...