Founded in 2010 by our Executive Director, Netia McCray, while she was an undergraduate at MIT, Mbadika (pronounced bah-GEE-ka) has been working to close that gap in the United States, Latin America, and Sub-Saharan Africa.
The name comes from the Kimbundu word for “idea” and our goal is to give young students the resources to transform their ideas into a reality.
For over 10 years, Mbadika has partnered with a wide range of organizations and entities including the U.S. State Department, NASA, MIT, Autodesk, Microsoft, and the Ministry of Supply in order to fulfill its motto; Ideas and Those Who Create Them.