Ghana: Programme to Equip Girls With IT Skills

Accra — MORE than 1 500 girls in slums are poised to benefit from a programme to empower communities with relevant IT skills in coding and mobile apps technology in Ghana. The programme is a brainchild of Tech Needs Girls, an innovative self-help IT project. The project is also teaching 355 girls to create computer …

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Changing Africa’s single story with science and technology

About this event Join us on our quest of promoting positive attitudes in our society because we believe that together we can give Ghana a better future. Labone is a district of Accra, Ghana bounded to the south by Labadi Road. Cantonments Road serves as the district’s western boundary, while Labadi Crescent is the eastern …

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5 reasons technology world needs more geek girls

Every week, African Start-Up follows entrepreneurs in various countries across the continent to see how they are working to make their business dreams become reality. (CNN) — "It was like taking a big leap of faith." That’s how Regina Agyare describes her decision back in 2012 to leave her well-paid job at a major international …

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Why African Kids Don’t Read African Stories – Yet

Growing up in Ghana, as my friends and I sat around the front of the school in our brown and beige uniforms waiting for our parents to pick us up, our conversations would inevitably turn towards our favorite characters in books: The Wakefield Twins from Sweet Valley High and the girls from Babysitters Club. We …

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