Engela Duvenage is a freelance science writer and holds an MPhil degree in Journalism (specializing in science reporting) from Stellenbosch University.

Her children's story book on more than 100 scientists, engineers and inventors with South African links, Uitvinders, Planmakers en ander Slimkoppe van Suid-Afrika (LAPA) was published in 2020. Inventors, Bright Minds and Other Science Heroes of South Africa (Penguin) was published in 2021.

 She specializes in "translating" research findings into popular articles, press releases and people-driven profile articles for newspapers, magazines, websites and institutional publications. Her work has been recognized by the South African deciduous fruit industry and Agricultural Writers SA. As a bilingual science communicator (working in English and Afrikaans) she regularly works for research-based organisations and institutions in South Africa, such as Stellenbosch University, the University of Pretoria, Hortgro, the Agricultural Research Council and the Academy of Science of South Africa. She writes an environmental column for the Afrikaans family magazine Lig and compiles a weekly column on agriscience news for the Landbouweekblad magazine.