Mohammed Hassan

2 months ago | impactnews-wire.com | Faustine Ngila |Mohammed Hassan

In a quiet lab nestled within the tree-lined campus of Sokoine University of Agriculture, a quiet revolution is underway. Catherine Francis Mangare, a 35-year-old assistant lecturer turned PhD researcher, is one of the most unlikely yet formidable forces shaping the future of artificial intelligence in Tanzania. “Before, I didn’t even know about Zindi Africa,” she said, referring to the pan-African data science platform that has become a training ground for aspiring AI practitioners.

2 months ago | impactnews-wire.com | Faustine Ngila |Mohammed Hassan

In the quiet village of Lisana, Ethiopia, where electric light was a rare luxury and internet access a futuristic dream in early 2000s, a young boy was assembling toy cars and tinkering with rudimentary electrical circuits. That boy, now 24-year-old Yisak Birhanu Bule, would grow up to become one of Africa’s rising stars in data science – using artificial intelligence to tackle some of the continent’s most pressing challenges, from disease outbreaks to credit access.