The Women Techsters Fellowship programme focuses on the skills of African women in a context marked by the digitisation of services and products.

Through this programme, the Technology for Social Change and Development Initiative (Tech4Dev) aims to significantly reduce the digital divide between men and women on the African continent. The aim is to equip women with the skills they need for a career in the technology sector.

For this 3rd edition (class of 2024), 2014 women will benefit from six months of intensive training followed by a six-month refresher course and a period of mentoring. The beneficiaries are women from 35 African countries, including Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, Cameroon, Zimbabwe and Zambia. Nigeria has the highest participation rate, with 1,669 women.

 

 

The themes in which the women will be acquiring skills include mobile development, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence engineering and blockchain. These disciplines are part of the technologies of the digital age and offer great potential in terms of access to employment.

Several cohorts will be set up over a period of seven years using standardised learning programmes in the above-mentioned fields, according to the organisation’s official website.

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Source : Wearetechafrica

 

Vanessa Ntoh

The Women Techsters Fellowship programme focuses on the skills of African women in a context marked by the digitisation of services and products.

Through this programme, the Technology for Social Change and Development Initiative (Tech4Dev) aims to significantly reduce the digital divide between men and women on the African continent. The aim is to equip women with the skills they need for a career in the technology sector.

For this 3rd edition (class of 2024), 2014 women will benefit from six months of intensive training followed by a six-month refresher course and a period of mentoring. The beneficiaries are women from 35 African countries, including Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, Cameroon, Zimbabwe and Zambia. Nigeria has the highest participation rate, with 1,669 women.

 

 

The themes in which the women will be acquiring skills include mobile development, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence engineering and blockchain. These disciplines are part of the technologies of the digital age and offer great potential in terms of access to employment.

Several cohorts will be set up over a period of seven years using standardised learning programmes in the above-mentioned fields, according to the organisation’s official website.

More information

Source : Wearetechafrica

 

Vanessa Ntoh

Le programme Women Techsters Fellowship mise sur la compétence des femmes africaines dans un contexte marqué par la numérisation des services et des produits.

A travers ce programme, la Technology for Social Change and Development Initiative (Tech4Dev) ambitionne de réduire significativement la fracture numérique entre les hommes et femmes du continent africain. Il s’agit de doter les femmes de compétences nécessaires pour faire carrière dans le secteur technologique.

Pour cette 3^e édition (promotion 2024), 2014 femmes vont bénéficier de six mois de formation intensive suivis d’un stage de perfectionnement de six mois et d’une période de mentorat. Les bénéficiaires sont les ressortissantes de 35 pays d’Afrique dont le Kenya, l’Ouganda, l’Afrique du Sud, le Cameroun, le Zimbabwe, la Zambie. Le Nigéria enregistre le plus grand taux de participation avec 1669 femmes.

 

 

Les thématiques dans lesquelles ces dernières vont acquérir des compétences c’est le développement mobile, la cybersécurité, l’ingénierie de l’intelligence artificielle, la blockchain entre autres. Ces disciplines relèvent des technologies de l’ère numérique et constituent un fort potentiel en termes d’accès à l’emploi.

Plusieurs cohortes seront mises en place sur une période de sept ans en utilisant des programmes d’apprentissage standardisés dans les domaines sus-mentionnés, apprend-t-on sur le site officiel de l’organisation.

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Source : https://www.wearetech.africa

 

Vanessa Ntoh