2018 News

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Dec 13

Student philanthropy success

On November 4, the students kicked off a crowdfunding campaign to support the Innovators Forward Fellowship Fund. Determined to pay it forward to support future students, CMU-Africa students came together to give access to a top-tier education.

Dec 06

Jonathan Cagan named interim dean of the College of Engineering Opens in new window

Carnegie Mellon University has named Jonathan Cagan interim dean of the College of Engineering.

Oct 02

Daniel Omeiza (MSIT’19) at Google

Daniel Omeiza, a 2nd year MSIT student taking data science and software engineering concentrations, was recently selected to be part of the Google’s Inside Look program in Munich, Germany.

Oct 01

CMU-Africa alumni empower businesses to make informed decisions

Sylvia Makario (MSIT ‘18) saw a problem in her home country — it was difficult to obtain quality data and information on political candidates running for election. She and six of her fellow Kenyan students devised a solution.

Aug 15

CMU-Africa alumni win grand prize at IoT hackathon

The 5-day hackathon organized by UNDP Rwanda and Meteo Rwanda targeted the creation of early warning systems for climate change, with an intent of assisting in government disaster response and planning.

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Jun 29

Mini-grid innovation for Africa's future Opens in new window

EPP Professors Paulina Jaramillo and Nathan Williams, and the new Mini-Grid Innovation Lab for Africa aim to sustainably deploy electrical mini-grids in rural Africa.

Jun 05

CMU-Africa graduates poised to engineer the future Opens in new window

CMU-Africa held its fifth graduation ceremony in Kigali, Rwanda, where 45 students received master’s degrees in information technology and electrical and computer engineering.

Jun 05

CMU-Africa graduates its first cohort of Mastercard Foundation Scholars

This year marked not only CMU-Africa’s 5th graduation ceremony, but also the graduation of the first cohort of Mastercard Foundation Scholars at CMU-Africa

May 29

CMU-Africa to celebrate 5th graduation Opens in new window

Carnegie Mellon University Africa will celebrate its fifth graduation on Tuesday, June 5, marking another year of the location advancing technology education in one of the fastest growing economic regions in the world.

May 24

Masiyiwa challenges youth to embrace servant leadership

In regards to “Servant Leadership: cultivating a culture of service and philanthropy in the African context”, Mrs. Masiyiwa shares her experience and challenges the youth to assume leadership

May 23

Empowering Africa's young digital disruptors

An all-youth panel of CMU-Africa alumni and students highlighting some of the work they are engaged in and encouraging the youth to get involved in innovation.

May 18

CMU-Africa strengthens its presence at Transform Africa

CMU-Africa was the lead partner of the Transform Africa Summit 2018, and participated in several engaging sessions throughout the three day event, from May 7th – 10th 2018.

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Apr 23

2018 International Women's Day Kigali

The Women Techmakers event hosted by CMU-Africa drew a huge crowd from all over Kigali including students from AIMS, ALU and Kepler, who were enthusiastic to find out how the amazing panelists had made it as women in technology.

Apr 17

Prof. Bhagavatula inducted as NAI Fellow

On April 5th 2018, CMU-Africa's director, Prof. Vijayakumar Bhagavatula, was inducted into the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).

Apr 13

CMU-Africa visits Nyamata Genocide memorial site

Carnegie Mellon University Africa students and staff paid a visit to the Nyamata Genocide memorial site for the 24th commemoration of the genocide against the Tutsi.

Apr 09

Facebook and Carnegie Mellon University Africa cybersecurity hackathon

The hackathon aimed at engaging and inspiring students to become more involved in the cybersecurity field by challenging them to solve a cybersecurity challenge.

Mar 31

Christella, Daniel win at 2018 Rwanda National Toastmasters contest

The contest brought forth contestants from Toastmasters clubs all-over Rwanda, to compete at the national level, in the international speech and humorous speech categories.

Mar 27

IEEE President-elect visits CMU-Africa

IEEE President-elect Prof. José Moura visited CMU-Africa's campus. He delivered a guest lecture on using deep data analytics to help city managers and planners better manage their resources and design better cities.

Feb 26

2018 internships fair

On Friday 23rd February 2018, CMU-Africa held an internships fair at the Kigali Marriott Hotel. Students in their first year of study met with over a dozen companies, in search for a 3-month internship.

Jan 30

Meet our new director: Vijayakumar Bhagavatula

Vijayakumar Bhagavatula assumed office of director on January 1, 2018. Prior to joining CMU-Africa, he has served in various positions at CMU, the latest being the interim vice provost for research.

Jan 27

Students shine at NM-AIST African Grand Challenge

CMU-Africa students win first prize again at the Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology’s (NM-AIST) Africa Grand Challenge competition in Arusha, Tanzania.

Jan 25

Rugege wins Inspirational Leadership award

The Inspirational Leadership award recognizes an individual who inspires others. One who influences without authority, often putting the interests of others ahead of their own, and serves as a champion for staff.

Jan 16

Bhagavatula named Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors

Election to NAI Fellow status is the highest professional accolade bestowed solely to academic inventors who have demonstrated a prolific spirit of innovation.

Jan 10

Internship experience: Rahab Wangari (MSIT’18)

Rahab Wangari (MSIT’18) shares insight on her internship experience at Verve KO Limited, a technology products and services company offering Business Solutions, Outsourcing and Consulting.

Jan 10

Internship experience: Samantha Tetteh (MSIT’18)

Samantha Tetteh (MSIT’18) shares insight on her internship experience at Rancard Solutions (Ghana) Limited. Rancard develops cloud based software solutions for mobile content discovery and delivery in Africa.

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Biometric Update

Musoke quoted about digital ID hackathon

CMU-Africa’s Andrew Musoke was quoted in Biometric Update about the Upanzi Network’s Digital ID Hackathon. This event brings together students from across Africa to develop use cases of digital ID across the continent.

Dark Reading

Gueye and Kearns quoted on African cybersecurity training

CyLab’s Megan Kearns and CMU-Africa’s Assane Gueye were quoted in Dark Reading about new cybersecurity training initiatives in Africa. Competitions like picoCTF-Africa create accessible opportunities to grow cybersecurity talent.

Biometric Update

Capacity building through the Digital ID Hackathon at ID4Africa highlighted

The strategic deployment of capacity at the application level, demonstrated by the Upanzi Network’s Digital ID Hackathon, was cited by Biometric Update as a key takeaway from ID4Africa 2025.

Biometric Update

Regional Digital ID Hackathon winners present at ID4Africa

Winning teams from the Upanzi Network’s regional Digital ID Hackathons recently showcased their digital ID innovations at ID4Africa, as highlighted in Biometric Update.

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