# Davy K. Uwizera

> Davy K. Uwizera is the founder and CEO of Huzalabs, a Kigali-based AI and software company offering engineering and technical training. A 2017 Carnegie Mellon University Africa MSIT graduate, he has worked on agricultural analytics, developer communities and facial verification, and co-authored research on satellite imagery, infrastructure planning and African generative AI.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Huzalabs
- **Organizations:** Huzalabs, Smile Identity, Carnegie Mellon University Africa, Facebook Developer Circle Kigali, African Center of Excellence in Data Science, University of Rwanda, Center for Artificial Intelligence Policy and Innovation (Rwanda C4IR)
- **Nationality:** Rwandan
- **Education:** Master of Science in Economics, University of Rwanda, Master of Science in Information Technology, Carnegie Mellon University Africa, PhD in Data Science, described as in progress in 2022 and 2023 author biographies, African Center of Excellence in Data Science, University of Rwanda, PhD in Internet of Things, described as in progress in 2022 and 2023 author biographies, African Center of Excellence in Internet of Things
- **Known for:** 2017 Lakshmi Subramanian CMU-Africa Student Excellence Award recipient., FARMBOT hackathon runner-up with Joshua Ocero in 2017., Selected among 16 finalists for the 2018 Next Einstein Forum Ci2i competition.

## Career timeline

- **2016** — Led a three-student CMU-Rwanda team during a three-month Thomson Reuters TR Innovation Lab internship on Bankable Farmer.
- **2017** — Graduated from CMU-Africa with an MSIT; co-created FARMBOT with Joshua Ocero and attended F8 after finishing as hackathon runners-up.
- **2017** — Formed Rwanda’s first Facebook Developer Circle in August; attended training and TechCrunch Startup Battlefield in Nairobi in October.
- **2018** — Selected among 16 Next Einstein Forum Ci2i finalists with S-Transport.
- **2020** — Published an essay on facial-recognition bias at Smile Identity; appointed to the Rwanda C4IR advisory board in August.
- **2022** — Published an anti-spoofing essay and co-authored research on economic-area classification using satellite imagery.
- **2023** — Co-authored road-condition research and A new research agenda for African generative AI; appeared on an African AI and big-data panel as Huza Labs CEO.

## Achievements

- 2017 Lakshmi Subramanian CMU-Africa Student Excellence Award recipient.
- FARMBOT hackathon runner-up with Joshua Ocero in 2017.
- Selected among 16 finalists for the 2018 Next Einstein Forum Ci2i competition.
- Appointed to the Rwanda C4IR advisory board on 26 August 2020.
- Co-author of A new research agenda for African generative AI, Nature Human Behaviour, 2023.

## Latest updates

- **2023-10** — Co-authored A new research agenda for African generative AI in Nature Human Behaviour.
- **2023-08** — Listed as CEO of Huza Labs Rwanda and Kenya on an ACET event programme discussing big data and African AI development.
- **2023-03** — Co-authored a SAIEE Africa Research Journal study on road conditions and infrastructure prioritisation using imagery and mobile data.

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