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 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.

Mar 30

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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Organiser

CMU-Africa weighs in about bias in AI and facial recognition

In CMU Africa, a team of researchers invented new facial recognition technology specifically for darker skin tones to create a more equitable technological landscape.

Biometric Update

Approach to reduce demographic bias in biometric PAD featured in Biometric Update

A team from CMU-Africa has developed a new ethnicity-aware preprocessing approach to reduce demographic bias in biometric presentation attack detection (PAD).

TechTrends

CMU-Africa attends Africa Tech Summit

CMU-Africa attended the investment showcase at the Africa Tech Summit.

Science Africa Limited

Musoke comments on digital ID projects

CMU-Africa's Andrew Musoke provides commentary in the Science Africa Limited analysis regarding the systemic failures of digital ID projects.

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