Creative Technologist

Creative Technologist

Creative Technologist

Artist.
Maker.
Researcher.

Artist.
Maker.
Researcher.

Artist.
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Researcher.

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Creating joyful and resilient digital products and companies.

Creating joyful and resilient digital products and companies.

Creating joyful and resilient digital products and companies.

Blending creative design, leadership excellence, and
cutting-edge research for transformative impact

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Creative Leadership Coaching

Using a self-developed coaching framework, Neema focuses on three key tenets: creativity, automation and delegation, to create leaders needed in a changing world.

Using a self-developed coaching framework, Neema focuses on three key tenets: creativity, automation and delegation, to create leaders needed in a changing world.

Research and Consulting

With a background in epidemiology and as a self-trained techie, Neema has been leading multi-country and stakeholder research and development projects.

With a background in epidemiology and as a self-trained techie, Neema has been leading multi-country and stakeholder research and development projects.

Illustration and Game Development

Neema is a digital illustrator with several pieces features on reports, editorials and podcasts. She is currently open for commissions.


Neema is a digital illustrator with several pieces features on reports, editorials and podcasts. She is currently open for commissions.


Blending creative design, leadership excellence, and
cutting-edge research for transformative impact

Learn More

Creative Leadership Coaching

Using a self-developed coaching framework, Neema focuses on three key tenets: creativity, automation and delegation, to create leaders needed in a changing world.

Research and Consulting

With a background in epidemiology and as a self-trained techie, Neema has been leading multi-country and stakeholder research and development projects.

Illustration and Game Development

Neema is a digital illustrator with several pieces features on reports, editorials and podcasts. She is currently open for commissions.


About Me

My name is Neema Iyer, I’m a digital artist, technologist and coach working globally and living in Sydney.

I'm the founder of Pollicy, an award-winning feminist collective based out of Kampala, Uganda. I often think about the pathways to an inclusive digital future based on kindness. I support women entrepreneurs through creative leadership to build joyful and resilient businesses.


My name is Neema Iyer, I’m a digital artist, technologist and coach working globally and living in Sydney.

I'm the founder of Pollicy, an award-winning feminist collective based out of Kampala, Uganda. I often think about the pathways to an inclusive digital future based on kindness. I support women entrepreneurs through creative leadership to build joyful and resilient businesses.


My name is Neema Iyer, I’m a digital artist, technologist and coach working globally and living in Sydney.

I'm the founder of Pollicy, an award-winning feminist collective based out of Kampala, Uganda. I often think about the pathways to an inclusive digital future based on kindness. I support women entrepreneurs through creative leadership to build joyful and resilient businesses.


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A few of my favourite projects

My work has focused extensively on topics such as digital inclusion, accessibility and resilience, feminist digital policy, gender data & emerging technologies.

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Research on Feminist Data

Afrofeminist Data Futures

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Research on Feminist Data

Afrofeminist Data Futures

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Choose Your Own Adventure Game

Digital Safetea

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Choose Your Own Adventure Game

Digital Safetea

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Community Data Artistry

Create Your Kampala

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Community Data Artistry

Create Your Kampala

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A few of my favourite projects

My work has focused extensively on topics such as digital inclusion, accessibility and resilience, feminist digital policy, gender data & emerging technologies.

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Research on Feminist Data

Afrofeminist Data Futures

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Choose Your Own Adventure Game

Digital Safetea

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Community Data Artistry

Create Your Kampala

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Highlighting awards and fellowships

I'm proud to showcase my achievements that reflect my dedication to pushing boundaries and setting higher standards for a feminist internet.

Creative Media Award

Mozilla Foundation

2020

Creative Media Award

Mozilla Foundation

2020

Creative Media Award

Mozilla Foundation

2020

Practitioner Fellowship

Stanford’s Digital Civil Society Lab

2021

Practitioner Fellowship

Stanford’s Digital Civil Society Lab

2021

Practitioner Fellowship

Stanford’s Digital Civil Society Lab

2021

Digital Equality Award, Research and Knowledge Builder

Coalition for Digital Equality (CODE)

2021

Digital Equality Award

Coalition for Digital Equality (CODE)

2021

Digital Equality Award

Coalition for Digital Equality (CODE)

2021

Top Africa Innovators List

Quartz

2021

Top Africa Innovators List

Quartz

2021

Top Africa Innovators List

Quartz

2021

Global Women’s Safety Advisory Board

Meta

2021

Global Women’s Safety Advisory Board

Meta

2021

Global Women’s Safety Advisory Board

Meta

2021

Senior Fellowship in Trustworthy AI

Mozilla Foundation

2022

Virtual Realms Achievement

Mozilla Foundation

2022

Virtual Realms Achievement

Mozilla Foundation

2022

Recognition Award - Digital Safetea

Digital Security Expo 2023

2023

Recognition Award - Digital Safetea

Digital Security Expo

2023

Virtual Realms Achievement

Digital Security Expo 2023

2023

Game Development and Research

I create Afrofeminist games that blend play, research, and storytelling to spark conversations about care, community, and digital safety. As a PhD candidate at the University of Sydney, my research focuses on feminist game design and the gendered dimensions of play, particularly in African and Global South contexts.


Kamata

A bright and breezy adventure set on the Swahili coast, where young Nia cleans up her island while uncovering a mystery about pollution and community.

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Good Hands

A cosy puzzle game where you help Aunty Zubeida tend her garden, uncovering her life story through hand-drawn puzzles about care and connection.

Visit the Project

Community Data Artistry

A participatory community research and art project that combines community data with large-scale murals across multiple sites in Uganda.

Visit the Project

Sticky Web

An interactive fiction game that explores digital safety, disinformation, and online choices through the story of a family navigating today’s internet.

Visit the Project

Illustrations and paintings

I explore themes of feminism and futurism through the use of bold colours, tropical motifs and women protagonists.

Writing and Speaking

Writing and Speaking

Writing and Speaking

Quartz Africa Innovators

Africa’s female founders driving exciting and important changes on the continent.

Africa’s female founders driving exciting and important changes on the continent.

Breaking the Digital Monoculture

An interview on breaking the digital monoculture and challenge Big Tech in their relentless drive to transform our digital environment in its own image.

An interview on breaking the digital monoculture and challenge Big Tech in their relentless drive to transform our digital environment in its own image.

A Personal Update from Neema

A brief blog post on my decision to step down from Pollicy, after 6 years of serving as Founder and Executive Director.

A brief blog post on my decision to step down from Pollicy, after 6 years of serving as Founder and Executive Director.

Access for Who?

A Podcast On Digital Restitution

A Podcast On Digital Restitution

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