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From the bustling streets of Nairobi to meeting halls packed with aspiring technologists, Rose Delilah Gesicho’s devotion to technology has been fueled not just by curiosity, but by an unwavering drive to solve real-world African problems.  Her journey, beginning with early forays into hardware and software, soon turned toward the vast, collaborative world of data science—where context,…

Stephen Kolesh On the southern fringes of Kenya, in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro, a boy once dreamed of becoming a footballer. But a diagnosis of myopia quietly ended that pursuit.  Medicine, the path his father favoured, was never an option, he couldn’t stomach the sight of blood. By the time Stephen Kolesh walked into the dimly lit computer lab at Oloolaiser High School, he was a teenager…

Jessica Randall South Africa – 27 June, 2025 – Long before she had a name for it, Jessica Randall was already doing the work of a data scientist. She was breaking apart complex problems, reading the world through patterns, and reconstructing meaning from chaos. When she formally encountered the field during university, she knew her approach would be anything but typical. “I do data science, but…

Long before she had a name for it, Jessica Randall was already doing the work of a data scientist. She was breaking apart complex problems, reading the world through patterns, and reconstructing meaning from chaos. When she formally encountered the field during university, she knew her approach would be anything but typical. “I do data science, but I do it from a very mathematical perspective……

The year was 2016, and Eric Jagwara was in search of relevant short tech courses that could help him sharpen his tech skills. That was when he stumbled on data science, but he couldn’t afford the course. So, he let it go temporarily, but never lost interest. As a matter of fact, that fleeting encounter ignited a years-long obsession that would later turn him into one of Uganda’s foremost AI…

Cameroonian data scientist and Zindi Ambassador, Leonce Pidy, grew up in the quiet town of Dibombari in Cameroon’s Littoral Region. The eldest of five children, she found herself thrust into a leadership position quite early in her life. By the time she was in Class 4, her parents (both nurses by profession) were working in the city of Buea. In their absence, Leoncy became the primary caretaker,…