Habone Mohamed Said

Habone Mohamed Said of Djibouti brings her experience in computer science to the Humphrey Fellowship. She is currently the Head Engineer for online training at the University of Djibouti, where she assisted in creating a digital platform for e-learning in collaboration with the University of Djibouti and the Djiboutian Ministry of Education. In addition, Ms. Said works on digital training for teachers and administrators and develops software for online courses. Ms. Said has worked as an IT consultant for the National Institute for Public Administration and as a programmer for a USAID-sponsored education development center.

Ms. Said earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological University in southern India. Additionally, Ms. Said was selected as a Mandela Washington Fellow in Civic Leadership by the Young African Leadership Initiative and for the CAPITUM Project which is an academic, intra-African mobility program supported by the Erasmus exchange organization.

During her fellowship year, Ms. Said hopes to better understand how American universities utilize information technology, communications technology, and content management systems in the development of educational applications. With this knowledge, Ms. Said intends to build an online learning platform available to expand digital learning to more rural areas.