2021

Dec 17

Giving Tuesday donations support graduate students

November 30, 2021 was Carnegie Mellon University's most successful Giving CMU Day.

Dec 07

An engineer from a young age

With the childhood nickname of “engineer,” alumna Agatha Niwomugizi's journey from CMU-Africa to her career in software engineering seems meant to be.

Nov 10

Celebrating connection

CMU-Africa students, faculty, and staff recently came together for Tartan Community Day to celebrate connection.

Oct 30

Alumni spotlight on Agnes Nyambura

Alumna Agnes Nyambura is leading by example. Her hope is that more people will realize that women have what it takes to hold significant positions in the tech world.

Oct 21

CyLab-Africa to host Cybersecurity Education, Research, and Awareness Day

The event will focus on the challenges and opportunities of cybersecurity research, education, and awareness in financial services in Africa.

Sep 29

Allen Robinson named new director of CMU-Africa Opens in new window

Allen Robinson has been named the next director of CMU-Africa, effective January 1, 2022.

Sep 28

Alumni spotlight on Marie Claire Murekatete

From the timid candidate who shyly submitted her application all those years ago, to the engineer, multiple award-winning advocate for women in tech, and current Technical Program Manager at Intel she is today, the story of Marie Claire is a fascinating one.

Aug 30

Alumni spotlight: Léandre Berwa

Léandre Berwa’s choice to join CMU-Africa was deliberate and an opportunity to pursue his interest in energy.

May 25

Carnegie Mellon University Africa Celebrates 8th Graduation

The 8th annual CMU-Africa graduation ceremony took place on Sunday, May 23, celebrating this year’s graduating class of 66 graduates from 12 different countries in Africa.

May 14

SMART Africa recipient spotlight: Edwin Mukhebi

Edwin Mukhebi talks about his time at CMU-Africa, and how the program prepared him to work on real-world problems.

Apr 28

SMART Africa recipient spotlight: Kizito Nyuytiymbiy

Kizito Nyuytiymbiy, a Smart Africa Scholar recipient, found his time at CMU-Africa particularly rewarding because of the diversity of African perspectives offered by the program.

Apr 14

SMART Africa recipient spotlight: Alice China

SMART Africa scholar Alice China talks about her time in the CMU-Africa program, especially the impact that the 2019 Transform Africa Summit had on her career.

Mentions


Space in Africa

CMU-Africa students develop spaceborne AI algorithm

CMU-Africa students participated in a collaborative project, STAR.VISION, as reported by Space in Africa. Under the mentorship of Rwanda Space Agency (RSA) engineers, students developed algorithms for the project’s inaugural AI Algorithm Rideshare Programme 1.0.

Biometric Update

Upanzi Network hosts hackathon webinar

Upanzi Network's recent webinar for the Eastern Africa Digital ID Hackathon was reported on by Biometric Update. Throughout this webinar, experts discussed the importance of biometric authentication and the Modular Open Source Identity Platform (MOSIP).

Medium

Tucker discusses deepfakes

CMU-Africa Director Conrad Tucker spoke with Medium about his work and strategies for the public to protect themselves against deepfakes and disinformation. “Policies need to be established to protect users so that they can be confident that the content they are consuming can be trusted,” Tucker says.

Carnegie Mellon University

Congratulations to our Andy Award Nominees

Congratulations to the College of Engineering Andy Award Nominees. Cheer them on at the event on Tuesday, October 15 in McConomy Auditorium.

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