Miss.Africa Voices

Molo Mhlaba, Finalist in the 2018 Miss.Africa Seed Fund: Aims to be a network of iSTEAM schools

Molo Mhlaba Schools, South Africa is a finalist for the 2018 Miss.Africa Seed Fund In our interview today Ms. Rethabile Sonibare, the Founder Thope Foundation which runs the Molo Mhlaba Schools is a pan-African network of low fee private schools for girls speaks Miss.Africa Digital Program. Can you tell us about this project that has applied for the 2018 Miss.Africa Seed Fund…

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Wonders Lab, Finalist in the 2018 Miss.Africa Seed Fund: motivates young girls to step in the tech field

Wonders lab based in Sudan, is a finalist for the 2018 Miss.Africa Seed Fund Miss.Africa Digital Program spoke the CEO, Ms. Somia Mohamed Ali Dousa, about the program and how she intends to motivate more young girls to step in the Tech field. Can you tell us about this project that has applied for the 2018 Miss.Africa Seed Fund Awards?…

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Abocoders Nigeria Grand Prize Winner, 2017 Miss.Africa Seed Fund: Catalysing Access and Fighting Low technology penetration in Northern Nigeria

AboCoders, Nigeria was a winner in the 2017 Miss.Africa Seed Fund Miss.Africa Digital Program recently caught up with Sarah Osikhuemhe, the AboCoders project lead. The Abocoders initiative is located in the Northern Region of Nigeria. The startup headed by Ms. Simi Olusola, purposes to provide secure & sustainable livelihoods for young women in Northern Nigeria using ICT training with an…

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Ubongo Game Lab Zambia, a 2017 Miss.Africa Seed Fund winner is promoting programming & game development skills among women

The Games Plus Girls bootcamp is an annual workshop by Ubongo Game Lab that focuses on increasing female participation in game development and programming, was a winner for the 2017 Miss.Africa Seed Fund Miss.Africa Digital Program recently caught up with Sithembile Ncube the Founder – Ubongo Game Lab. She tells us what the program entails in the interview below Q1.…

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”At DCA, I found a New Revolution of Women in Technology ” – Judith

Ms. Judith Moraa spoke to Miss.Africa Voices about her Internship experience at DotConnectAfrica Trust. 1. Give us your general internship experience at DCA My dream has always been to sink myself into computers and be ‘the woman behind the machines’ a dream that was realized at DotConnectAfrica Trust. In a country where digital development is dynamic, Computer hackers getting more…

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“The future is literally in our hands, no one can stop us except ourselves”- Simi Olusola, Founder TheAboCoders, Nigeria

Ms. Simi Olusola , Founder of The Abocoders which won the 2016/2017 Miss.Africa Seed Funding narrates how the seed fund enhanced their activities of supporting women and girls with digital Literacy and computer programming skills in the Northern part of Nigeria. Q1: Highlight your general experience with the 2016/17 Miss.Africa Seed Funding Awards Simi: I had a smooth experience with…

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Mobile App Coding: ”Women, don’t bend to threats”- Maurine

Miss.Africa Voices spoke to Ms. Mwaniki about her mobile App training experience at Miss.Africa.  She was among the top 3 women who’s Apps won the Mobile App Training. 1. Give us your general experience with Miss.Africa sponsored, eMobilis training basing a bias on women in tech in Kenya & how your digital skills were enhanced. I am a third year…

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My Internship Experience at DCA Trust

Miss.Africa Voices spoke to Mrs. Bernice Wangu about her internship experience at DotConnectAfrica Trust. (a) How was your internship experience My internship at DCA was a door that ushered me into the world of technology. I got to learn and dig a depth into the Domain Industry through blogging, newsletter writing, content creation and social media engagement among other sectors.…

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Women in Tech: ”Nothing is too hard to achieve if we are dedicated”- Miriam

Miss.Africa Voices spoke to Ms. Mutune about her mobile App training experience that was Powered by Miss.Africa.  She created a Tax Returns Mobile App. 1. General experience with Miss.Africa sponsored, eMobilis training basing a bias on women in tech in Kenya & how your digital skills were enhanced. What I got from the three month Mobile App Training  that was…

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WomeninTech: “If you can dream it, you can have it…”- Bukola Gbadamosi, Project Officer, The AboCoders

Bukola Gbadamosi speaks of her experience of teaching  how to code using Python, JavaScript, CSS & HTML Python at AboCoders Q1: How did the Miss Africa Seed Fund enhance AboCoders’ initiatives and activities of supporting girls in STEM? Bukola: The Miss.Africa Seed Fund has enhanced AboCoders initiatives and activities of supporting girls in STEM by financially enabling us to introduce,…

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