Monthly Archives: October 2024

Graduate Series: “The future is digital and I will bring it home”

By Garikayi Mutamba When I got to the UZ,  I was worried that people would look at us funny because I was on a scholarship and they were paying. My greatest fear was I would be treated like a charity case. During our orientation, I realised that my fears were misplaced. Most asked how I ...
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Graduate Series: “I will lead drug discovery in Africa”

By Tatenda Mutengwa My name is Tatenda Mutengwa; I recently graduated with a Degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from the University of Zimbabwe. I specialised in Computational Chemistry, a branch of chemistry that utilizes computer simulations to solve chemical problems. Now that I have completed my undergraduate degree, I am entering the world with optimism. Higherlife ...
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Graduate Series: I am ready to give the world wings

By Ruvarashe Kambila When I walked into our first Aeronautical Engineering Class in 2019, the first thing I noticed was the fact that there were only four girls in a class of 19. This immediately communicated something to me: there must be a big gender gap in this area of science. When I did my ...
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