Miss.Africa Voices

Women Coders: ”It only takes a ‘Hello World’ to realize how much potential you have”- Margaret

Ms. Margaret Onyango narrates how the Miss.Africa Seed Fund sponsorship honed her expertise in dealing with technology and built her personality. ‘What a man can do, a woman can do it better’. This has come to be a reality in my life after finishing my degree in Computer Science at St. Paul’s University in 2016 and secured scholarship to pursue MIT with eMobilis,…

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“The Miss.Africa Sponsored, AboCoders training has boosted my interest in computers .”- ONWUDIWE God’sfavour

  Q1: Give us a general experience with Miss Africa sponsored AboCoders training and how your digital skills were enhanced ONWUDIWE: Before I became a beneficiary and started training here at AboCoders, my previous knowledge of the computer was very little (basically primary school knowledge) and I didn’t know how to handle a computer or what to do with it.…

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”I got a chance to understand the core skills required for one to be an android developer”- Mercy

Ms. Mercy Kwambai recounts how the Miss.Africa Seed Fund Sponsorship enabled her attain one of her dream and greatest goal in her ICT career. My name is Mercy Kwambai, a second year student at the University of Nairobi, Kenya, pursuing a degree in Computer Science. I was a lucky to be a beneficiary of eMobilis mobile App training sponsored by…

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“The digital world is not only a man’s world…” – Rejoice Aikohi, Project Officer, The Abocoders

Rejoice Aikohi, one of the trainers at Abocoders highlights how the Miss.Africa Seed Funding has been of great help in enhancing her digital skills through training. Q1: How did the Miss Africa Seed Fund enhance AboCoders’ initiatives and activities of supporting girls in STEM? Rejoice: The Miss Africa Seed Funding made provision for the AboCoders team to attend trainings that…

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“Computer programming skills is a set of knowledge that can be learnt by anyone…”- Fateh Nguemo, Mentor, Abocoders

 Miss.Africa Voices spoke to Fateh Nguemo about her experience during the Miss.Africa sponsored training at Abocoders Q1: How did the Miss Africa Seed Fund enhance Abocoders’ initiatives and activities of supporting girls in STEM? Fateh: The Miss Africa Seed Fund made provision for the purchase of better equipment to create a better learning environment for the girls in STEM being…

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” I saw the great potential ladies have once given an opportunity “- Lydia

 Ms. Lydia Gathoni  recounts how the Miss.Africa presented a game changing opportunity for her through the Mobile App training (a.) General experience with Miss.Africa sponsored, eMobilis training basing a bias on women in tech in Kenya & how your digital skills were enhanced. I was thrilled when I got the opportunity to learn Android Mobile Programming among 24 other ladies…

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“Women are way better coders and organizers”- Evalyne

Ms. Evalyne Ndanu narrates how she made a great discovery in her career life during the Miss.Africa Mobile App Training at eMobilis. It was during my third year long holiday in school where I was studying Telecommunication and Information Technology. I did more of Telecommunication in my course, so when I got my first attachment, I realized that field work…

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“Women must encourage themselves to seek digital knowledge and use it to solve societal problems”- Amina

Question 1: Give a general experience with Miss.Africa sponsored AboCoders training and how your digital skills were enhanced Amina: I have learnt how to code in HTML, CSS and JS and my typing has improved tremendously. Before, I didn’t have any form of information about computers but am greatly I can now easily embrace the digital novelty with the acquired skills…

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“It’s a worth course to venture”- Phenic

Ms. Phenic Otwori  spoke to Miss.Africa Voices about her mobile coding training experience at Miss.Africa. She was among the 25 women selected for a fully funded training. a.) Give us a general experience with Miss.Africa sponsored, eMobilis training basing a bias on women in tech in Kenya & how your digital skills were enhanced. The Miss.Africa Digital program was such…

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SAMUEL Joy Narrates of her experience with Miss.Africa sponsored AboCoders Training

SAMUEL Joy, 28 years , AboCoders Trainee Q1: Give us a general experience with Miss Africa sponsored AboCoders training and how your digital skills were enhanced Joy: AboCoders training has helped me to be more informed about the use of computers especially the writing of code and the use of Microsoft Excel for calculations. I can also perfectly make use…

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