Today, Violet Ochieng is Kenya’s country representative for precision agriculture, in a field where around 90% of licensed pilots are men. She has built her expertise largely by finding her own way, and she is determined that the next generation will not have to do the same.

It’s nearly 8AM, and I’m at London Paddington station, walking down the long platform towards the waiting area. It’s a Friday morning, so it's quieter than usual. As I walk, my mind cuts to a different time and place: February 2022 in Samburu County, Kenya, where I remember watching a hefty, squat drone flying overhead.