Leadership & Governance

WATOG Africa Leadership

WATOG Africa is supported by a regional leadership structure that connects African OB-GYN trainees through regional and national representation.

Dr Ayda Linda Wanjiku 🇰🇪

Africa Regional Representative

Dr Ayda Linda Wanjiku is an accomplished Kenyan Obstetrician and Gynecologist whose work bridges clinical excellence, global health leadership, and youth empowerment. Her professional interests span Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health, Urogynaecology & Pelvic Floor Surgery, Global Mental Health, and Health Systems Policy and Management.

She currently serves as the African Regional Representative of the World Association of Trainees in Obstetrics and Gynecology (WATOG) and is a 2025 One World Exchange Fellow with the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO).

At the Kenya Medical Association (KMA), she is the Chair of the National Physician Well-being Committee, having previously served as the Immediate Past Chair of the Social Responsibility and Welfare Committee and Co-Convener of the Young Doctors Network.

Within academia, she set a historical precedent as the Inaugural Residents’ Welfare Lead and Coordinator of the Monthly Wellness Forum in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Nairobi.

Nationally, Dr. Wanjiku is a key contributor to the Family Planning Policy formulation under the Division of Reproductive and Maternal Health and serves in the Technical Working Group on Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation Implementation under the Division of Nutrition and Dietetics at the Ministry of Health, Kenya.

Beyond medicine, Dr. Wanjiku is the Founder of the Dr. Lyndzie Love Foundation – a transformative nonprofit organization igniting hope and compassion to humanity and the Visionary Leader of Regal Pageantry – a global women’s empowerment platform celebrating identity and purpose. She is a highly sought-after passionate mentor and youth advocate where she nurtures emerging leaders through Youth 4 Afya Coalition Program, Akili Dada, Areta Mentorship Network, Emerging Leaders Foundation, and the MPESA Foundation Academy, with a keen commitment to advancing STEM education for girls.

She has been honored as a 2022 Mashujaa Leadership Award nominee by the Kenyan Diaspora in Houston, Texas, in recognition of her exemplary leadership and social impact.

Outside the clinical and policy spaces, Dr. Wanjiku channels her creativity as a fashion designer, vocalist, music scholar, and now extending her artistry into authorship through her forthcoming literary debut.

Dr Nancy Kazadi 🇿🇦 🇨🇩

Africa Regional Representative

Dr. Nancy Kazadi is a South African Obstetrician and Gynaecologist whose career has been shaped by a deep commitment to advancing women’s health across the continent. She completed her undergraduate medical training (MBBCh) at the University of the Witwatersrand, before specialising through Stellenbosch University’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, where she obtained her MMed in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. She is a Fellow of the College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of South Africa (FCOG SA). Practicing in obstetrics and gynaecology, she has built particular clinical and academic interests in minimally invasive surgery and reproductive endocrinology, alongside a strong focus on maternal health and preventative medicine.

Nancy served as Co-Chair of SATOG (South African Association of Trainees in Obstetrics and Gynaecology) from 2022 to 2024, and was selected as a One World Exchange (OWE) Fellow, participating in exchanges in Paris, France in 2023 and Cape Town, South Africa in 2025. She also served on the FIGO Infectious Diseases Committee from 2023 to 2025. She currently serves as the African Representative for WATOG (World Association of Trainees in Obstetrics and Gynaecology), where she works to strengthen collaboration, training, and mentorship for O&G trainees across the continent.

Nancy is deeply committed to collaborative research across Africa, working alongside colleagues from multiple countries to advance the evidence base for women’s health on the continent. At the core of Nancy’s work is a deep passion for women’s health and female advocacy, a thread that runs through her clinical practice, her research, and her leadership within the O&G trainee community.