Maria Mayanja

Maria Mayanja is the entrepreneurship program manager at Carnegie Mellon University Africa. Through the Industry Innovation Lab (IIL), Mayanja supports CMU-Africa students and alumni to accelerate the launch of their companies, develop their products, and grow their technology business ventures. She manages the day-to-day operations of the university’s incubator and the application and selection process of entrepreneurs. She connects entrepreneurs with resources, advisors, and mentors and advises entrepreneurs in the process of developing their businesses.

Responsibilities:

• IIL participants relationship management
• IIL program selection coordination
• Institutional entrepreneurship programming support