Kemisola Bolarinwa is a robotics and embedded systems engineer. She’s also the Founder and CEO of Nextwear Technologies, a company that builds wearables to enhance healthcare. While her invention of the smart bra shot her into the limelight, she discovered why most people shy away from deep tech in Nigeria.
In addition to being an inventor, Bolarinwa is also a strong advocate for getting more women interested in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), something she was passionate about growing up.
In February 2022, she designed the prototype for her biggest invention yet, the smart bra, spurred by the death of a loved one in 2017. Before the death of her aunt, she rarely paid any attention to breast cancer because it was just something she heard on the TV or radio.
In her experience, people don't care about things like that until they happen to them.