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Beth Koigi is an entrepreneur and co-founder of Majik Water, a clean drinking water initiative in Kenya.

Career
Koigi completed her Master's degree in Project Planning and Management from the University of Nairobi. While a student at Chuka University, she discovered the tap water was undrinkable, inspiring her to build her own water filter and was soon selling filters to others. When a drought hit the region in 2016 and Koigi's water supply was turned off, she realised the impact of water scarcity. She then co-founded Majik Water, a startup which develops technology to harvest clean water in arid and semi-arid areas. The company's name is derived from the Swahili word for water, 'maji', and the word for harvest, 'kuna'.

Majik Water won the EDF Pulse Award Africa in 2017, and Koigi was a shortlisted contender for the Royal Academy of Engineering Africa prize 2019. She appeared at TEDxFasoKanu in 2019.