Ayikai Poswayo (Kai) is a Program Director at Amend, an NGO focused on improving road safety in Africa. Based in Johannesburg, she leads the Safe Schools Africa program, which operates across a dozen countries to ensure safe journeys to school for children. Kai holds a degree in civil engineering and a master’s in transportation planning and traffic engineering. She has worked as a traffic engineer in Ghana and the UK, and also holds a Montessori diploma, reflecting her passion for education and community development. Since joining Amend in 2015, she has helped evolve the SARSAI programme into Safe Schools Africa, expanding its scope from road safety education and infrastructure improvements around schools to technical assistance on road development projects, capacity building, and advocacy. The programme has earned global recognition through various road safety awards over the years.
