Zindi's Silent Revolution: How a Tanzanian Lecturer is Building Africa's Next Generation of AI

BARCELONA, Tanzania - April 15, 2025 - PRLog -- 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. "But once I joined the Youth Empowerment through the Establishment of Social Innovation (YEESI lab) — our innovation and entrepreneurship space for youth — everything changed."

Mangare is currently on study leave, pursuing her PhD in computer science at Okayama University in Japan, with a focus on data mining. But her roots, and her mission, are firmly planted back home in Tanzania, where she plans to return by 2027 to continue mentoring students and leading practical research.

Her journey from dreaming of piloting aircraft to piloting deep neural networks reveals a deeper truth: Africa's tech transformation is being driven from the ground up, by people who were never supposed to be in the room.

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