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'''Rose Peter Funja'''is a Tanzanian engineer and developer known in technological innovation industry for her role as Android developer that has been active since 2014 with one app ATIZAVO(TANZANIA USSD DIALLER)) in Google Play.
ATIZAVO(TANZANIA USSD DIALLER) is a short form of Airtel ,Tigo, Zantel and vodacom. Deals with the mobile Network in Tanzania Country purposely for Dialling USSD Number of the Mobile Network in Tanzania. It is listed in the category "Communication".<ref>https://ift.tt/2TncYwn>
Apart from that she has been leading as a Dean of the College of Science at the University of Bagamoyo, where she lectures on courses in ICT. <ref>https://ift.tt/2EHHRBz> Rose is Passionate about ICT4Ag( ICT for Agricultural Development), drone, UAV4Ag, agriculture, BigData, Mapping, GIS, AgriFin, Analytics. <ref>https://twitter.com/rhysrose?lang=en</ref>
==Early life and Education==
Rose was born on 1981 and raised in Dar es Salaam Region, She completed her schooling from the Kifungilo and Shaaban Robert for Secondary and advance level education consecutively. She received her Bachelor of science in Computer Engineering from the University of Dar es Salaam in 2005 and a master's of engineering degree in Communication and Information Systems from Huazhong University of science and technology in 2008.
==Career==
Rose worked with Huawei Technologies International as a Senior Product Manager in Shenzhen, China PRC. She is experienced with wireless telecommunication technologies and pioneered projects in various countries and regions including China , Kenya, Rwanda, Madagascar, Zambia and Tanzania. Rose has been actively involved in Rotaract and served as the Club President when she was a student at the University of Dar es Salaam 2005.<ref>https://ift.tt/2EHHRBz>
In 2012 Rose returned to Tanzania and engaged in academia by lecturing at the University of Bagamoyo in science courses. She quickly rose to the level of Dean at the college of science and environmental sciences <ref>https://ift.tt/2Tlzeqd </ref>
Rose is a Mandela Washington Fellow <ref>https://ift.tt/2EEJ5NP </ref>- a President Obama Young African Leaders Initiative Program (YALI),where she attended Public Management Course from Syracuse University in New York.
Rose has always seen the opportunity to use information and communication as a solution to challenges facing the Tanzania agricultural sector. With this focus she founded Agrinfo company limited <ref>https://ift.tt/2Tnj7c1 </ref> . Agrinfo initial idea was to be a google for agricultural information in Tanzania <ref>https://ift.tt/2EEJ6kR </ref> and it has pivoted over the years to include technologies such as drone for agriculture <ref> https://ift.tt/2Tnj8N7> where Rose is a trained drone pilot. Rose is the current managing Director of Agrinfo company limited.
==Community engagements and Projects==
In her new Project known as Dropwall <ref>https://twitter.com/rhysrose/status/951658371861663744 </ref>, Rose Said "As a woman and an engineer, I want to use predictive analytics and machine learning to help District Planning Officers predict the impact of education budgets on the school dropout rates among girls so that we can reduce these dropout rates and help girls get an education."<ref>r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0geK9zviJ5awi8AxpQPxQt.;_ylu=X3oDMTEyb2RyM205BGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMzBHZ0aWQDQjQxMjNfMQRzZWMDc3I-/RV=2/RE=1520367984/RO=10/RU=http%3a%2f%2fdliinnovationchallenge.com%2fprofile%2frose-peter-funja%2f/RK=2/RS=CwyeQwh_Pnkw6SjdqRtnb0.QCd4-</ref>
Rose has co-founded several startups in technology, innovation and girls empowerment She codes for change <ref> https://ift.tt/2EITRT7 to transform Information Technology educational opportunities for girls in secondary schools ages 13-19 through its training and mentorship programs and young women in Colleges and Universities ages 20-26.
Rose has also chaired the Buni Divaz community a group of empowered Tanzanian girls part of the Buni Hub community under the TANZICT and COSTECH umbrella <ref> https://ift.tt/2Tnjaod>
==Awards==
Rose has received several awards including Malkia wa Nguvu - 2017 - Science and Technology. A regional regional winner of the 2013 ICT4Ag Conference Hackathon <ref> https://ift.tt/2EEJ6RT>. In 2016 she received an innovator award by the Tanzanian Ministry of Communication for participation in the TanzICT project <ref> https://ift.tt/2Tm9s5l>.
She is also recognized by her innovation to help women in agriculture by the UN Women in the Young innovators category in 2014 at the <ref>https://ift.tt/2EHHWVT </ref>
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[[Category:Tanzania]]
ATIZAVO(TANZANIA USSD DIALLER) is a short form of Airtel ,Tigo, Zantel and vodacom. Deals with the mobile Network in Tanzania Country purposely for Dialling USSD Number of the Mobile Network in Tanzania. It is listed in the category "Communication".<ref>https://ift.tt/2TncYwn>
Apart from that she has been leading as a Dean of the College of Science at the University of Bagamoyo, where she lectures on courses in ICT. <ref>https://ift.tt/2EHHRBz> Rose is Passionate about ICT4Ag( ICT for Agricultural Development), drone, UAV4Ag, agriculture, BigData, Mapping, GIS, AgriFin, Analytics. <ref>https://twitter.com/rhysrose?lang=en</ref>
==Early life and Education==
Rose was born on 1981 and raised in Dar es Salaam Region, She completed her schooling from the Kifungilo and Shaaban Robert for Secondary and advance level education consecutively. She received her Bachelor of science in Computer Engineering from the University of Dar es Salaam in 2005 and a master's of engineering degree in Communication and Information Systems from Huazhong University of science and technology in 2008.
==Career==
Rose worked with Huawei Technologies International as a Senior Product Manager in Shenzhen, China PRC. She is experienced with wireless telecommunication technologies and pioneered projects in various countries and regions including China , Kenya, Rwanda, Madagascar, Zambia and Tanzania. Rose has been actively involved in Rotaract and served as the Club President when she was a student at the University of Dar es Salaam 2005.<ref>https://ift.tt/2EHHRBz>
In 2012 Rose returned to Tanzania and engaged in academia by lecturing at the University of Bagamoyo in science courses. She quickly rose to the level of Dean at the college of science and environmental sciences <ref>https://ift.tt/2Tlzeqd </ref>
Rose is a Mandela Washington Fellow <ref>https://ift.tt/2EEJ5NP </ref>- a President Obama Young African Leaders Initiative Program (YALI),where she attended Public Management Course from Syracuse University in New York.
Rose has always seen the opportunity to use information and communication as a solution to challenges facing the Tanzania agricultural sector. With this focus she founded Agrinfo company limited <ref>https://ift.tt/2Tnj7c1 </ref> . Agrinfo initial idea was to be a google for agricultural information in Tanzania <ref>https://ift.tt/2EEJ6kR </ref> and it has pivoted over the years to include technologies such as drone for agriculture <ref> https://ift.tt/2Tnj8N7> where Rose is a trained drone pilot. Rose is the current managing Director of Agrinfo company limited.
==Community engagements and Projects==
In her new Project known as Dropwall <ref>https://twitter.com/rhysrose/status/951658371861663744 </ref>, Rose Said "As a woman and an engineer, I want to use predictive analytics and machine learning to help District Planning Officers predict the impact of education budgets on the school dropout rates among girls so that we can reduce these dropout rates and help girls get an education."<ref>r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0geK9zviJ5awi8AxpQPxQt.;_ylu=X3oDMTEyb2RyM205BGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMzBHZ0aWQDQjQxMjNfMQRzZWMDc3I-/RV=2/RE=1520367984/RO=10/RU=http%3a%2f%2fdliinnovationchallenge.com%2fprofile%2frose-peter-funja%2f/RK=2/RS=CwyeQwh_Pnkw6SjdqRtnb0.QCd4-</ref>
Rose has co-founded several startups in technology, innovation and girls empowerment She codes for change <ref> https://ift.tt/2EITRT7 to transform Information Technology educational opportunities for girls in secondary schools ages 13-19 through its training and mentorship programs and young women in Colleges and Universities ages 20-26.
Rose has also chaired the Buni Divaz community a group of empowered Tanzanian girls part of the Buni Hub community under the TANZICT and COSTECH umbrella <ref> https://ift.tt/2Tnjaod>
==Awards==
Rose has received several awards including Malkia wa Nguvu - 2017 - Science and Technology. A regional regional winner of the 2013 ICT4Ag Conference Hackathon <ref> https://ift.tt/2EEJ6RT>. In 2016 she received an innovator award by the Tanzanian Ministry of Communication for participation in the TanzICT project <ref> https://ift.tt/2Tm9s5l>.
She is also recognized by her innovation to help women in agriculture by the UN Women in the Young innovators category in 2014 at the <ref>https://ift.tt/2EHHWVT </ref>
[[Category:Computer programmers]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Tanzania]]
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