Programs for girls & women in tech
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Pan-African and international advocacy for youth, girls, and Africa
in the STEAM
KTA designs and runs mentoring, training, and awareness programs to support girls and women in science and technology, paving the way for greater representation of women in the professions of the future. Concrete impact : more than 230 direct jobs created in the STEAM field.
Coding Academy Techwomen Factory
At the heart of Techwomen Factory, the Coding Academy offers intensive training courses in web development, data science, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity. With a project-based approach, this academy enables participants to acquire in just a few months directly employable technical skills.
Placement and employability program
The approach does not stop at training: Techwomen Factory has set up a structured professional placement program in partnership with 54 organizations, including local and international companies (World Bank, GIZ, ONACC, startups, ministries) as well as outsourcing options. The result: a high professional integration rate of 100%.
Incubation and entrepreneurship component
For women who choose to create their own solutions, Techwomen Factory deploys an incubation program which offers support, mentoring, and access to a startup capitalThe last cohort, 50 women received startup capital and two startups raised 150,000 Canadian dollars.
Contact Arielle Kitio to co-create opportunities that transform the future of young African women in a sustainable way.
