Making a difference

CMU-Africa students are trained in an African context, prepared to make a transformative difference in their communities and the world. Our alumni have made an incredible impact over the past decade, with 98% of employed graduates working in Africa in fields such as IoT, renewable energy, and cybersecurity.

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Contact Faith Rugema to connect with CMU-Africa alumni and learn more about our alumni impact across the continent

CMU-Africa is about to enter its second decade. There are now more than 200 students on campus representing 21 different African nations. CMU-Africa could not have achieved this milestone without the strong support from our active alumni. 

Alumni voices

Hear from CMU-Africa alumna and current Carnegie Mellon Ph.D. student Joan Nkiriki shares what the Sustainable Development Goals mean to her and her research:

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Alumni news

CMU-Africa to celebrate 10th graduation ceremony Opens in new window

On Friday, May 26, Carnegie Mellon University Africa will celebrate its 10th graduation ceremony, including its first cohort of the Master of Science in Engineering Artificial Intelligence (MS EAI) program.

For Placca Umuhire, teaching is the way to give back

Placca Umuhire (MSIT '20) has had a lifelong interest in technology and is drawn to teaching as a way of inspiring others; the Mastercard Foundation Scholarship was a perfect opportunity to pursue both of those goals.

The importance of giving back

In 2017, Bobson Rugambwa (MSIT '18) and his fellow Student Guild members launched Giving CMU Day at CMU-Africa in hopes of fostering the spirit of giving back to the university community.

Making an impact

Timothy Kaboya (MSIT ’16) is a software engineer at Microsoft in Nairobi, Kenya who is ready to make an impact on the continent.

Entrepreneurship and community

Israel Oladejo, a Mastercard Foundation Scholar, earned a master’s degree in information technology and applied machine learning this spring and has already founded a startup.

Bravo African Tartans!

On May 27, CMU-Africa held its ninth graduation ceremony and celebrated the classes of 2022, 2021, and 2020.

From Kigali to Colorado

With different backgrounds, cultures, and languages, Eric Serge Uwimana and Brian Lamtoo never would have guessed that they would find themselves following the same career path.

Reframing rejection as redirection

When Beatrice Birir began the MSIT program at CMU-Africa, she was ready for the academic challenges that lay ahead. What she didn’t expect was the personal growth she would find when her career path didn’t go in the direction that she had originally planned.

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