Kigali Innovation City - Bumbogo Carnegie Mellon University Africa (CMU-Africa) is an overseas campus of the College of Engineering of Carnegie Mellon University, located in the Kigali Innovation City, Kigali, Rwanda, East Africa.
[1] In 2011, Carnegie Mellon University and the Government of Rwanda signed an agreement to establish a new Carnegie Mellon location in Kigali to respond to the shortage of engineers.
[2] On September 8, 2022, the Mastercard Foundation announced a $275.7 million donation to Carnegie Mellon University, with $175 million going to Carnegie Mellon University-Africa's endowment and $100.7 million going to grow and establish technological universities throughout Africa.
[3] Carnegie Mellon University-Africa offers master's degrees in information technology, electrical and computer engineering, and engineering artificial intelligence.
[4] As of 2024, Carnegie Mellon University-Africa has over 300 students and 550 alumni from 19 different nationalities.