Founder and Executive Director of (African Child Projects) an NGO that works on building bridges between Africa and the world through its involvement in projects around technology, education, research, policy, regulations and rural development in Tanzania. She is also Community Champion for the Common Voice project under Mozilla Foundation where she works on language-inclusive AI technology with communities to build a Voice dataset for the Kiswahili language. She represents the Basic Internet Foundation, Norway, in Tanzania as a driver for Affordable Internet for all. Catherine holds a Bachelor’s degree in international relations and diplomacy. She is an Alumni of YALI (Young African Leaders) EA, a European Youth Volunteer (Erasmus+ 2017 – Open Space Foundation in Bulgaria), a 2022 Microsoft Founder’s Hub Scholar, and a Member of Youth IGF.
