Colores is an assistant lecturer at the University of Rwanda’s College of Science and Technology (UR-CST). She previously served as a tutorial assistant in the chemistry department at UR-CST. She is participating in a research project that seeks to identify fishes in Lake Kivu and conducts different analyses including analysis of nutrients, and heavy metals in water and the fishes. She holds a Master of Science degree in Biotechnology (Medical Biotechnology specialisation) from Wageningen University, Netherlands, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Chemistry (Biochemistry Option) from former Kigali Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Rwanda. She is currently pursuing Ph.D studies in the department of infectious diseases at University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Micheline is an assistant lecturer at the faculty of engineering sciences (FSI) in the ICT department of the University of Burundi. She has previously worked as a part-time assistant lecturer in various private Burundian universities such as the University of Lac Tanganyika (ULT), Université  Sagesse d’Afrique (USA), Université Lumière de Bujumbura (ULBu), and Université des Grands Lacs (UGL). She is an active junior researcher in the field of ICT4Agriculture, ICT innovation, and Incubation and ICT for development. Alongside other Burundian young scientist researchers, she co-founded a form of Burundian national academy for scientists named Burundi council of young scientists. She holds a master’s and a bachelor’s degree, both in Computer Science and Technology from the Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University (LETI), in Russia.