Profile

Heloise Greeff trained as a Mechatronics Engineer (UCT) in South Africa and is currently part of a team at the Oxford Center for Affordable Healthcare Technology developing Smart Water Systems for use in handpumps in rural Kenya while pursuing a Masters degree in Biomedical Engineering (Oxford) as a Rhodes Scholar. She has also read for a Masters degree in Inclusive Innovation (UCT GSB) as a Bertha Scholar. She is an Allan Gray Orbis Foundation Fellow, South African Brightest Young Minds delegate and a member of the African Social Entrepreneurs Network. Passionate about the role of engineers in social development, Heloise is a founding member of Engineers Without Borders South Africa, an NPO developed from a student society that aims to create a platform for socially conscious engineers. Heloise hopes to continue to find ways to merge low-cost technology and complex medical systems to address the current gap in healthcare delivery in low-resource settings.