Another Zim engineer joins F1’s Mercedes

Zimbabwean engineer Samantha Nyikadzino has joined Formula 1 team Mercedes AMG Petronas following in the footsteps of Stephanie Travers who made the breakthrough as a trackside fuel engineer.

Nyikadzino, who studied electrical engineering at the National University of Science and Technology before furthering her education outside the country, posted on her Twitter handle yesterday that she had landed her dream job at the multiple championship winning team.

“Today was an awesome day.

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