By empowering Angolan young ladies to learn coding, we are creating leaders who will build applications that will positively impact people's lives in Angola as well as reduce illiteracy and unemployment rates.
By using opportunities offered by IBM, we will create a space that gives rural and vulnerable urban women and girls a chance to learn programming in an environment that makes them feel safe, empowered and inspired.
As the world continues to move dramatically towards online channels, the nature of how and why we use the internet is evoluting. That evolution will not stop, which is why it is critical for us to focus on the future and invest in what people and companies will need years from now, not simply what they are desperate for today.
Leaving No One Behind in a Digital World
Bridging the technological divide
"Being able to use a mobile phone and being able to access the internet requires certain skills, including literacy, as well as digital skills." And if you look at education on the continent, many women fall behind men in terms of literacy levels. Some 200 million Africans are still offline — either voluntarily or involuntarily.
Therefore, this project is for those marginalized group who lack access to digital technologies and knowledge, skills and competencies required to navigate them.
ABOUT THE PLATFORM
This is a dynamic online community of young leaders committed to developing innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges.
WHO ARE WE?
We are relentless innovators, chosen to develop, test, and implement solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges in six focus areas: education, environment and climate change, gender equality and human rights, zero hunger, poverty alleviation, and public health.
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