Tech Philanthropist

Hauwa Putai

b. 1982 · Chibok, Borno · Marghi Central

A software engineer by training, Hauwa Putai built the first digital catalogue of Marghi artifacts as a weekend project and grew it into a foundation.

Her insistence that records remain community-owned shaped the archive's open licensing policy.

Legacy

—Founded the Marghi Digital Archive Foundation
—Built the artifact cataloguing system
—Championed community ownership of records

Other figures

HRH Mai Ibrahim Marghi

Sovereign Custodian

Dr. Amina Thlimza

Cultural Ambassador

Prof. Usman Barka

Historian & Linguist

Mai Hyema Tlaa

Pre-colonial Ruler