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As a child, Toluwani Adegoke had had dreams of becoming a medical doctor. Her choice had been pushed by her desire to solve the Sickle Cell problem. However, life soon…
Janet grew up with dreams of pursuing medicine in her childhood. However, life took her in a whole new direction, with Daramola finding herself at Lautech (Ladoke Akintola University of…
As with many children, Joy Kemunto had dreams of becoming a doctor in her childhood. However, several decades later, she finds herself being a Woman in Technology and is enjoying…
The world is becoming a more equal place, with education now more spread out against both genders, as well as minorities who had previously existed on the fringes of society.…
Quinta Onditi has served both as an Executive Director and Lead Program Manager in African Women in Technology. She is one of the mentors in AWIT. She is a lady…
The 2018 African Women in Technology (AWIT) Conference, Nairobi, theme is “Be Bold”, so we are asking our female leaders and guests – panelists, speakers, moderators, and mentors – to…
Edna attended the African Women in Technology Conference in Ghana. Here’s her “Life After AWIT Snapshot:” INSPIRED TO DO As an entrepreneur in the field of energy and the CEO of…
Meet: Renice Owino. Renice attended the African Women in Technology Conference in Nairobi, Kenya. Here’s her “Life After AWIT Snapshot:” INSPIRED TO DO “I started a coding club for girls that…
Meet Rita Tackie- Manieson INSPIRED TO DO “I was inspired and was able to involve more than 650 students in Presec Boys Secondary School in a talk on the importance…
Meet Stella Ngugi INSPIRED TO DO AWIT gave me the extra grit I needed to push my idea forward. As a non techie creating a tech startup, the speakers…
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Heroes had their Time it’s ‘Sheroes’ Season now #AWITMozambique
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Heroes had their Time it’s ‘Sheroes’ Season now #AWITMozambique Innov8tiv.com The most common term we hear nowadays is “woman empowerment” it seems like suddenly we discovered the will of being…
It’s a wrap for2017. It is time you start making a deliberate effort to remember it is 2018 and no longer 2017 when you have to write down the dates…
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11 Women-led Startups are competing for $200k Standard Chartered Bank fund
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The Standard Chartered Bank and Strathmore University backed Women in Tech Incubator program has announced the 11 finalist of the women-led startups set to benefit from the Ksh 20 million…
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UN Economic Commission for Africa launches Women and Girls Startup Challenge in Cote d’Ivoire
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Vera Songwe, the Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) has launched a Women and Girls Startup Challenge in Cote d’Ivoire’s capital, Abidjan. The initiative is geared…