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 …
Nairobi, Kenya — SHE’S a 4-year-old girl named Ida, fragile and shy, and when she was raped by a neighbor boy in September, her family tried to have the attacker arrested. Yet the only interest the police showed was to ask for a bribe equivalent to $11.50 to make the arrest, the family says. The …
Kennedy Odede, a 29-year-old Kibera resident, has been awarded the top 30 under 30 Social Entrepreneurs award by Forbes magazine. Over 100 impressive candidates were nominated and then reviewed by a panel of distinguished judges including renowned social entrepreneurs Jeff Skoll and Cheryl Dorsey, and Randall Lane, Editor-in-Chief of Forbes magazine. Mr Odede was selected …