Full name: Riddick Okwemba
Age: 26
From: Kenya
Studied: Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Kenya
Job: A bit of everything, mechanical design, programming, electrical and electronic design, comedy.
Riddick works at AB3D.
What are your hobbies?
I play rugby and I like to design things in my spare time.
Who has inspired you in your life?
My mum and dad when I was growing up. We come from a humble background and my parent strove to give me and my siblings a good way of life.
What is your favourite colour?
Black.
What is your favourite animal?
A cat.
What is your favourite food?
Ugali – (the others joked that it’s African cement).
Where is your favourite place?
Home.
What was your favourite subject at school?
Physics.
What alternative career might you have chosen?
To be a pastor or preacher.
What’s your coolest achievement?
It has to be winning the U19 Eastern Central African Rugby Championship.
Please can I have an interesting fact about you?
*at this point everyone else pipes up and we end up with some good banter.
Michelle: “the first time I met him, he didn’t say a word, he made it really awkward. We spent a whole couple of hours together with a really one-sided conversation and I was dreading starting to work with him. But since we’ve started working together, he’s barely shut up!“
Riddick: “I’m going to be a billionaire by the time I’m 30. *the room erupted with laughter and everyone was suggesting which currencies he could be a bilionaire in – Malaysian Ringit (£194,200,000), Kenyan Shillings (£7,840,000), Dollars, Sterling, Tanzanian Shillings (£354,400). Still not sure which currency he means but best of luck to him.“
What languages do you speak?
English, Swahili and Lukya.
Recent posts…
20. Trekking to the roof of Africa
For the finale of this amazing journey to Africa, I joined a group and hiked up Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa, and the highest free-standing peak in the world. It’s a 5,895m (19,341ft) high dormant volcano that springs up into three cones – Kibo, Mawenzi and Shira. Uhuru Peak is the highest summit … Continue reading 20. Trekking to the roof of Africa
19. Wrapping up my time with APOPO including a Full Cheek Friday Feast
My two weeks at APOPO has flown by. Today is my last day and so I’m feeling a little sad but it really has been amazing and I think I’ve made the most of it. I started today in Lily’s office as usual but we had a coffee and actually finally got round to completing … Continue reading 19. Wrapping up my time with APOPO including a Full Cheek Friday Feast
18 APOPO training, welfare, research and data
I was tired this morning after waking up to another rainy day. I started off by documenting all of the rats in the breeding kennels (which spelled completion of my Head Office rat audit!) and then I finished up adding the information to the master spreadsheet. Then I interviewed Pendo, a wonderful character at APOPO. … Continue reading 18 APOPO training, welfare, research and data
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