Beyond Girls in ICT Day: Empowering Women through ICT in Nigeria
Dr. Omobola Johnson, the Minister of Communications Technology in Nigeria, demonstrated her commitment to empowering girls through ICT at the recent Girls in ICT Day celebration in the country. She said at the event, “Removing the barriers that stop women…
Inspiring Costa Rican Women to Join the ICT Field
Electronic and medical equipment exports have surpassed agricultural exports in Costa Rica, pointing to the importance of the ICT sector in the country. Despite the promise of this field, only 20% of ICT employees in the country are female. There…
Vodacom Business Nigeria Celebrates International Girls in ICT Day
As part its commitment to youth empowerment through ICT with the Power to You Project, Vodacom Business Nigeria, in partnership with e-Business Life Communication Limited, hosted a Girls in ICT Day event that reached over 100 secondary school girls. The…
Minister of Youth and ICT Appeals to Rwandan Girls
As part of YouthConnekt’s celebration of Girls in ICT Day 2015 and the culmination of Rwanda’s Ms. Geek Competition, Jean Philbert Nsengimana, Minister of Youth and ICT, encouraged girls to join the ICT sector. “It is very important for young…
Croatia Celebrates Girls in ICT Day
Croatia’s Regulatory Authority for Network Industries (HAKOM) celebrated its first ‘International Girls in ICT Day’ this year, in partnership with the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing and Ericsson Nikola Tesla. The day’s events were varied and exciting, including discussions…
ITU Celebrates Annual ‘International Girls in ICT Day’
The International Telecommunication Union and the global technology community recently celebrated ‘International Girls in ICT Day’ 2015 to inspire women around the world to pursue studies and careers in the field of ICT. This initiative began in 2010 in response…
ICT on the Agenda for AfDB Presidential Candidate
Akinwumi Adesina, Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development has made great strides for the country’s agricultural sector. His successes include solving corruption in the fertilizer industry and encouraging banks to lend to farmers. In 2012, he pioneered an e-wallet…
Partnership Promotes Women’s Empowerment
The World Bank seeks to empower women and generate employment and entrepreneurial opportunities through ICTs in Sri Lanka. They sponsored the Innovation for Impact training workshop for civil society organizations in Colombo, together with Sarvodaya-Fusion, an NGO focused on e-empowerment…
Ericsson Reports Technology for Good Programs’ Success
Ericsson’s Technology for Good Programs have helped four million people around the world, both in terms of social and environmental benefits. Technology for Good includes the following programmes, among other reports, videos and projects: Connect to learn; Ericsson Response; Refugee…
Ms. Geek Rwanda
Rwanda has long been keen on beauty pageants, the largest of which, “Miss Rwanda,” attracts international judges and provides the winner with a year-long paid contract. However, increasingly, the organizers realized the importance of intelligence among their competitors. In response,…
