Celebrating Cynthia Gape, a Young Systems Leader, 2026. She is a Software Trainer & Design Lead at Peek Vision
Credit: IAPB
Peek Vision’s Cynthia Gape has been selected as a Young Systems Leader 2026 by the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB).
The Young Systems Leader Awards aim to raise the profile of early-career eye health professionals. The Awards celebrate individuals who are committed to promoting a systems-thinking approach in their work, whether within their organisations, among their peers, or through their own professional development.
This marks the second consecutive year that a Peek team member has received the award, following the recognition of Peek’s Keitumetse Thamane in the previous year.
Cynthia is a Software Trainer and Design Lead at Peek. She co-leads the development of innovative training approaches that strengthen partner capacity and expand access to high-quality eye health services. Through her work, she supports partners to build the skills needed to effectively use Peek software for large-scale vision screening, programme monitoring, and continuous improvement.
Cynthia has contributed to improving Peek’s training delivery approach by helping redesign how training is delivered, enabling shorter in-person sessions while maintaining high standards of quality. She has also been involved in developing more efficient training models that help reduce programme costs and enable partners to begin implementation more quickly. By establishing Training of Trainers and Partner-as-Trainer approaches, she has supported the rapid growth of trained Peek users, fostering local ownership and building the capacity required to deliver sustainable eye health services at scale.
As part of the award, Cynthia will participate in a programme that includes a speaking engagement at IAPB’s upcoming 2030 IN SIGHT LIVE event in Nairobi, the leading global event for the eye health sector.
“We are thrilled with this recognition of our team by IAPB. Cynthia supports partners who are strengthening eye health systems and delivering services to more people who need them. This award highlights the important work those partners are leading to improve eye health,” says Farhana Rehman-Furs, Peek’s Head of Global Partnerships.
