Melemo breaks the glass ceiling in Rwanda

Breaking the mould: Melemo is working at UNICEF Rwanda
Breaking the mould: Melemo is working at UNICEF Rwanda

Some years back, it used to be almost rare to find women holding positions in the tech industry but trailblazers like Tlamelo Cindy Melemo are changing that.

Melemo has found her place in a market that used to be male dominated. The 26-year-old from Mahalapye is currently working as a Technology Development Officer for UNICEF Rwanda.

Melemo is a graduate from the University of Sunderland in the United Kingdom where she attained a BSc (Hons) in applied Business Computing. She has her own company that specialises in software, web, and phone application development.

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