Carnegie Mellon University Africa

Are you interested in learning about our tech and engineering master’s programs? Register today for an online information session on August 20!

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Rwandan scholars in the U.S.— Join us for a virtual info session on August 2. The event will highlight academic, research, and graduate opportunities in Rwanda.

Are you a Rwandan:
-Ph.D. graduate or soon-to-be Ph.D. graduate in tech, engineering or innovation?
-Faculty researcher or teaching professional in the U.S.?
-Undergraduate student passionate about innovation?

Email us at partnerships-cmuafrica@andrew.cmu.edu

CMU-Africa’s #CareerFairAndIndustryDay 2025 is a critical bridge that connects students to employers.

Read more: bit.ly/IndustryMeetsT…

#TechTalent
#Internship
#AfricaInnovation

Undergraduate students: are you interested in applying to engineering graduate school but don’t
know where to start? Learn more about CMU-Africa’s graduate studies bridge program and apply
today. africa.engineering.cmu.edu/impact/bridge-…

To applicants: Please take note that you must be based in Rwanda. For more details, click on the link shared.

#FutureInnovators
#EngineeringEducation
#CMUAfricaBridgeProgram

Today, we join Rwanda in celebrating a milestone of resilience, unity and progress. We are proud to be part of a nation shaping its future through innovation and education.Happy Liberation Day!
#Kwibohora31

The CMU-Africa community wishes all Rwandans a happy Independence Day!

At the 2025 Annual General Meeting of @ID4Africa, 32 university students from across Africa took to the stage to showcase digital identity innovations they designed to solve locally relevant problems.

They were competing for the grand prize of the inaugural Digital ID Hackathon Africa, hosted by the @upanzi_network and @MicroSave Consulting, an initiative that both invests in the next generation of digital identity thinkers and helps build local capacity.

Learn more about the hackathon and its first-ever winning teams: bit.ly/DigitalIDHacka…

#DigitalIdentity
#ID4Africa2025
#DigitalIDHackathon

We are excited to host the Tech Skills Marketplace Leads Workshop, taking place June 26–27! This two-day, in-person event will bring together program leads and implementers from Afretec partner universities to:

-Align on a shared vision for inclusive tech capacity development
-Exchange best practices across borders
-Co-create a roadmap for sustainability and growth

From supporting 75 CMU-Africa students and 50 MSMEs in 2023 to reaching 200 students and 150 MSMEs across Africa in 2024, the program’s momentum continues to grow — and so does its impact.

Learn more about the Tech Skills Marketplace program: bit.ly/TechSkillsMark…

#TechSkillsMarketplace
#IndustryInnovationLab
#EntrepreneurshipAtC

Carnegie Mellon University Africa is pleased to announce the appointment of Victor Thompson as professor of the practice of information technology and graduate pathways, effective July 1, 2025.

Thompson has more than 40 years of experience in computer technology and software application engineering to CMU-Africa. His career spans enterprise systems, distributed object systems, radio frequency engineering design, business intelligence architecture, data mining platforms, and web services.

"Victor Thompson's leadership in both public and private sectors, particularly in mission-critical environments like NASA, will be invaluable to our mission of education and empowering the next generation of global technology leaders," said @conradtucker , director of CMU-Africa.

Read more: bit.ly/ThompsonAnnoun…

#FacultySpotlight
#WorldClassEducation
#EngineeringExcellence

At the Global AI Summit on Africa, CMU-Africa led a roundtable discussion centered on building AI infrastructure tailored to local needs and AI sovereignty. #GAISAfrica

Read more: bit.ly/CMUAtGAISummit

The Industry Innovation Lab, in partnership with @CMUInnovation , today kicked off a five-day Product Innovation Workshop at Carnegie Mellon University Africa.

The program brings together 100 innovators from 15 countries to tackle real-world challenges submitted by industry partners through human-centered design and rapid prototyping.

#IndustryInnovationLab
#ProductInnovation
#EntrepreneurshipAtCMUAfrica

On this #INWED2025, we embrace the theme ‘Together We Engineer’ by spotlighting the inspiring work of @CMUAfricaWiT . From primary schools to universities, they’re shaping Africa’s next generation of engineers through hands-on workshops & forums.

Read more: bit.ly/WitClub

#WomenInEngineering
#WomenInSTEM
#WomenInTech

CMU-Africa is proud to celebrate World Refugee Day, a time to focus on solidarity with refugees worldwide. This year, CMU-Africa has made significant strides in this commitment by implementing the STEM Bridges program in partnership with the @WorldUniService (January 2025). This initiative targets refugee youth from across the region, exposing them to the CMU-Africa pathway offerings.

Our dedication to supporting both refugee and host communities was further demonstrated through our recent boot camp for secondary school students in Kirehe District (May 2025). Collaborating with @WVRwanda , we delivered this program to Paysannat schools. CMU-Africa is committed to inclusion, which underpins our vision of educating Africa's next generation of tech leaders and innovators.

#WorldRefugeeDay

CMU-Africa researchers are collaborating with @reg_rwanda to improve monitoring and real-time analysis of the behavior of Rwanda’s energy grid.

By strategically deploying phasor measurement units at key points like customer locations and electrical substations, the team hopes to identify potential weaknesses in the grid that can be reinforced to improve the reliability of the energy supply.

Read more: bit.ly/ProjectUMURIRO

#ResearchCollaboration
#AdvancedCollaboration
#Research
#Energy

Using automated feeders and computer vision, Jesse Thornburg of CMU-Africa is looking to revolutionize fish farming in Africa, making the process more economical.

Read more: bit.ly/Revoultionisin…

#FoodSecurity
#AgriTech
#DigitalTransformation

Today, we celebrate the fathers and father figures who inspire, guide, and shape the leaders building Africa’s digital future. Thank you for being part of this important mission.

#HappyFathersDay2025

From Ethiopia to CMU-Africa, Ellon Berhanu is building Africa’s cloud talent pipeline. With 5 AWS certs and a mission to lead in tech, his journey is nothing short of inspiring.

Read More: bit.ly/ElonBerhanuSpo…

#CloudLeadership
#AWSCloudClub
#StudentSpotlight
#LifeAtCMUAfrica

15 tech startups are part of the Industry Innovation Lab’s 2025 business incubation program. The founders will learn the entrepreneurial skills needed for their startups to thrive and to implement their tech-based solutions for problems faced in Africa.

Read more: bit.ly/IILCohort2025

#IndustryInnovationLab
#AfricanStartups
#WomenInTech
#EntrepreneurshipAtCMUAfrica

In March, CMU-Africa celebrated its annual multicultural festival, showcasing our pan-African community through food, music, dialogue, and tech.

Read more: bit.ly/MulticulturalF…

Watch the video: youtu.be/kkwso_X6A0o

#StrengthInDiversity
#LifeAtCMUAfrica

Happy Eid-Al-Adha to all those who celebrate!
#EidMubarak2025