<translate> Jina langu ni Rebecca Ryakitimbo, watu wengi hupata taabu katika kutamka na kuandika jina langu la mwisho kwani ni jina lililo katika lugha ya asili ya Wazanaki. Mimi nilizaliwa katika kijiji cha Nyamuswa katika mkoa wa Musoma kisha kukulia katika mji wa Arusha uliopo kaskazini mwa Tanzania. Nilijiunga na masomo ya chuo kikuu katika Mji wa Eldoret pale nchini Kenya kusomea digrii ya uhandisi wa Teknolojia ya mawasiliano na electroniki. Wakati nikiwa katika masomo nchini Kenya niligundua kwamba wanawake wengi hawakuwa wakisomea masomo ya uhandisi na teknolojia wakiwa na mtazamo kuwa ni kazi au masomo yanayofaa zaidi jinsia ya kiume. Hii ilinipa changamoto kubwa hasa pale wengi waliposhangaa kumuona mwanamke anapanda minara ya simu na kutengeneza vifaa vya kielektroniki pale vilipoharibika. Hivyo nilipokuwa chuoni nilitumia muda mwingi na wanaume kwani nilikuwa mwanamke pekee aliyekuwa akisomea masomo ya uhandisi wa teknolojia. <eng>
My name is Rebecca Ryakitimbo, many people find it difficult to pronounce and write my last name as it is a name in the original language of the Zanaki. I was born in the village of Nyamuswa in the Musoma region and then grew up in the city of Arusha in northern Tanzania. I enrolled in a university course in Eldoret City in Kenya to study for a degree in Communication Technology and Electronics Technology. While studying in Kenya I noticed that many women were not studying engineering and technology with the view that it was a job or a course that was more suitable for men. This posed a great challenge to me, especially when many were surprised to see a woman climbing the telephone towers and repairing electronic devices when they were damaged. So when I was in college I spent a lot of time with men as I was the only woman who was studying technology engineering. 