Tanzania, May 2 -- Tanzanian PhD student Ms Ngasuma Eva Kanyeka has emerged as one of the country's most influential voices in youth innovation, entrepreneurship and policy reform after winning a prestigious award at Harvard University in the United States.

Ms Kanyeka, who is pursuing her doctoral studies at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, won the award under the Harvard Ministerial Leadership Programme (HMLP), sponsored by the Tessa Jowell Foundation, following research that focuses on the use of Artificial Intelligence to improve credit guarantee models aimed at expanding access to affordable loans for women and young people.

Her recognition at Harvard marks a major milestone in a career that has consistently combined ...