User:Rhysrose

Rose Funja is passionate about Information and Communication Technology for Development, she is the founder and Managing Director of Agrinfo a social enterprise that focuses use of drones for agriculture, advising on fertilization of crops and crops damage. She is the current chairperson of ICT of a community of women in technology called BuniDivaz that work in Buni Innovation hub.She is also a director of she codes for change – a social enterprise agency that inspires girls 13-19 years old to venture into STEM courses. She holds a Masters in engineering in Information and Communication systems from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China PRC. She is a Mandela Washington Fellow 2014, attended Public Management Course at Syracuse University in New York. She is currently a PHD candidate at the university of Dar es saalam, focusing on agriculture information systems.

Ms Funja has worked in academia up to May 2016 as Director of ICT and Research at the University of Bagamoyo, where she also lectured in ICT courses. She is also served as Dean 2013- 2015 at the college of Science, Informatics and Built environment. Prior to academia, Rose worked with Huawei Technologies International as a Wireless Engineer. She is experienced with wireless telecommunication technologies and pioneered projects in various countries and regions including China and East and South Africa. Rose has been actively involved in Rotaract and served as the Kwanza Club President 2005 when she was a student at the University of Dar es Salaam.