Dar es Salaam. The news of her exceptional achievement in attaining a prestigious award from the Harvard Ministerial Leadership Programme was highly celebrated in Tanzania. Across social media, congratulatory comments flooded posts of this rare feat.
Ngasuma Kanyeka is a Tanzanian PhD candidate whose research focuses on the use of Artificial Intelligence to improve credit guarantee models aimed at expanding access to affordable loans for women and young people, which won her the accolade.