2021

Dec 17

Giving Tuesday donations support graduate students

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

Dec 07

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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 28

Technovation program

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

Ozima Paul

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

Edwin Mukhebi

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

Kizito Nyuytiymbiy

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.

Mar 30

Derrick Odonor

SMART Africa recipient spotlight: Derrick Odonkor

Derrick Odonkor benefited from a SMART Africa scholarship, which allowed him to pursue his passion for robotic manipulation, navigation, and cognition architectures.

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CIO Africa

CMU-Africa shapes Rwandan workforce

CMU-Africa was listed as one of the main contributors to Rwanda’s expanding ICT and AI ecosystem that is strengthening the country’s population of digitally skilled professionals equipped for modern global service delivery.

CIO Africa

CMU-Africa shapes Rwandan workforce

CMU-Africa was listed as one of the main contributors to Rwanda’s expanding ICT and AI ecosystem that is strengthening the country’s population of digitally skilled professionals equipped for modern global service delivery.

Imigani

Kariza’s and Obedine’s Miss Geek projects inspire other women in STEM

Flore Obedine (MSIT ’27) developed a disease-identifying diagnostic system for the bootcamp’s competition, which is the flagship project of Girls in ICT. Branice Kariza, incubated in the CMU-Africa Innovation Hub with her cofounder, won the 2025 Miss Geek competition for their startup Signvrse.

Class of 2028 Academic Showcase Day

Academic Showcase Day marked the culmination of the Student Induction Program, giving students the opportunity to showcase AI-enabled solutions they developed to address real-world problems in Africa. Seven projects were shortlisted for their particularly strong problem definition, contextual understanding, innovative solutions and quality of presentation.

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