2023

Sep 18

Sanders participates in briefing at the UN about CMU-Africa Opens in new window

College of Engineering Dean Bill Sanders, with CMU-Africa student Choukouriyah Arinloye, participated in a briefing about how artificial intelligence can accelerate progress for the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.

Sep 13

Op-Ed: Building digital infrastructure for Africa, by Africa

Co-director of the Upanzi Open Digital Technologies Network and CyLab-Africa shares how universities on the continent are well positioned to solve several key challenges on the path to a digital future.

Aug 29

2023 Moonshot: Communication and Compute for All Opens in new window

The College of Engineering's 2023 Moonshot aims to provide internet connection to underprivileged communities around the world, allowing affordable communication and computer infrastructure to be accessible to all.

Aug 23

Five unique cybersecurity challenges in Africa

CMU-Africa’s Assane Gueye has identified five cybersecurity challenges that Africa faces on the path to a digital future.

Aug 16

Connecting rural African communities one bus at a time

Ndashimye is part of a team of researchers from the Upanzi Network Lab hoping to bridge this digital divide between urban and rural communities.

Aug 08

Class of 2025 - Welcome Tartans!

CMU-Africa welcomes 12th cohort of Africa's Future Tech Leaders, Innovators, and Entrepreneurs.

Aug 01

Tucker announced as Interim Director of CMU-Africa

As of August 1, Conrad Tucker will serve as the Interim Director of CMU-Africa and Interim Associate Dean for International Programs in Africa.

Jul 27

Serving the student body and beyond

Seth Abayo (MSIT ’23) is using the support he has received from the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program to bridge his academic interests and serve his community in impactful ways.

Jul 20

Improving energy access in Africa

Faith Bagire (MS ECE ‘21) is improving energy access in Africa, thanks to his academic journey at Carnegie Mellon University Africa.

Jul 11

picoCTF-Africa sees significant growth in competition’s second year

In just its second year, the cybersecurity hacking competition saw over 1250 students, as the number of female participants doubled, and the number of high school participants increased by more than 365 percent. Additionally, four teams finished in the top 50 on picoCTF’s global leaderboard, demonstrating the initiative’s immediate impact.

Jul 06

Exchanging campuses, making global connections Opens in new window

Through the Global Campus Exchange program, engineering students have the opportunity to experience what it is like to be enrolled at another CMU location.

Jun 28

Pursuing AI dreams

Medhn pursued her lifelong interests in math and physics as part of the first cohort in the new Master of Science in Engineering Artificial Intelligence program.

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Entrepreneurship Workshop

Afretec recently held its first entrepreneurship workshop at The American University in Cairo, a member institution of the network.

Two CMU-Africa students received IDEA award

Winners Arisema Mihretu and Pamely Zantou will receive up to $3,300 to attend the International Conference on Robotics and Automation in London.

Mani & Luhanga speak at UN Commission on Population and Development 56th session

CMU-Africa’s Ganesh Mani and Edith Luhanga presented at the UN’s 56th session of the Commission on Population and Development which took place on April 13, 2023.

Vermont Business Magazine

Thornburg discusses Grid Fruit refrigeration tools

CMU-Africa’s Jesse Thornburg, cofounder of Grid Fruit, talked with Vermont Business Magazine about his efforts to bring data-driven intelligence to food retail operations.

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