1 / 5

Women In Technology Uganda

Women In Technology Uganda. Inspire. Teach. Create. Founded : 2011, Registered non profit in 2012. Vision. Mission.

keiji
Download Presentation

Women In Technology Uganda

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Women In Technology Uganda Inspire. Teach. Create Founded : 2011, Registered non profit in 2012 Vision Mission support women’s local capacity building and skills development in Technology and Business in Uganda by offering a collaborative environment for training, mentorship, and knowledge sharing in order to drive economic development in the region. https://witug.org| Phone: +256782861382 | Email: info@witug.org |

  2. CODE GIRLS • aimed at equipping and teaching young girls aged 5-18, 18-25 with innovation skills, how to be creative, imagine, build and share exciting mobile and web applications that they will create from the training. These applications will include; Mobile, web, desktop applications, robotics • Informal – Programming and business training since Girls in ICT day April 2013 in Ugandan schools and the tech hub • using languages like Ruby on Rails, Django, Python, PHP among others  Mobile Application Developing on the Android Platform, window Platform, OS Platform  Web design and Development in using Html, Java, Javascript, CSS, CMS

  3. WHO • Young women ages 7-12(PRI), 13-18(SS), 19-25(U) • OUTCOMES: -Social Development through Apps like Nakazade, Sindika, roadconexion -Employment -Girls taking more interest in formal ICT classes (less absenteeism) -Young Girls taking up science courses –higher educ -Ability to create an application

  4. Challenges • Turning the program into more than just an after class, Schools authorities not seeing value (possible solution-natcom) • Creating Manuals that are world class- too much info available • Costs of running the program • Not enough skilled people Trainers

  5. Partnering • Getting program into formal school system • Joint creation of standardized training Manuals • Partnering=Credibility (recognition and easier entry into schools) • Cost sharing- supporting activities • Creation of joint activities like • Technical expertise • Joint introduction to other African countries ie Rwanda, Tanzania , Burundi………..

More Related