African STEM, in its own words.
Stories of students, mentors, and innovation across the continent.
EducationA Year After the Letter: Girls in STEM Club Opens at Dr. Kadi A. Sesay Girls Secondary School
In July 2025, we walked up to the gate of Dr. Kadi A. Sesay Girls Secondary School in Port Loko and delivered a letter. It proposed a STEM club pilot: a space w…
AI & Machine LearningAI for Career Success: inside our Career Connect Forum with LEAD Sierra Leone
Thirty young people gathered in Makeni, Sierra Leone with one question in mind: how can artificial intelligence shape my future? They left with something more u…
AI & Machine LearningRiseAfrica joins LEAD Sierra Leone's Career Connect Forum: AI for Career Success
RiseAfrica is glad to join LEAD Sierra Leone for the June edition of their Career Connect Forum, where our founder, Ibrahim Denis Fofanah, will facilitate a ses…
AI & Machine LearningHow AI is Changing Education in Africa
Introduction Imagine a student in a rural African village with limited access to teachers, libraries, and learning materials. Now imagine that same student havi…
Data ScienceWhy African data belongs at the center of African STEM
The data a student learns on is never neutral. It quietly teaches them which problems matter, whose lives count, and what the world is assumed to look like. Whe…