Women in Tech and Startups Network…

15th May kicked off our first of a series of networking events whose purpose is to reignite the women in Tech network it had created a few years earlier. We started the evening off by introducing WITU and the purpose we were all in the room, meeting and creating friendships among women in Tech and startups in Uganda. When we created WITU, we wanted to have a vibrant network of women …

MY GIRLS IN ICT DAY 2015

                            23rd April was international girls in Ict day. WITU partnered with UCC to inspire young women and girls into STEM by introducing them to STEM JOB OPPORTUNITIES/ careers, inspiring talks of women in Uganda who have been there done that and still working in Tech. The audience this year was diverse, mixed with girls right from …

TRIED AND TESTED- CONSUMER PROTECTION NEEDED IN UGANDA

I have slept on this story for a long while before I made a decision to write about it. Last week was particularly a bad week for me, in the light of trying to get value for money for services provided to me by a number of businesses in Uganda. Lets start with FOOD SERVICE PROVIDERS/SUPERMARKET Last year a couple of friends and I were looking for a hotel to …

SPRING ACCELERATOR FUND APPLICATIONS OPEN

New accelerator SPRING is now accepting applications from from startups improving the lives of adolescent girls living in poverty. SPRING Accelerator is excited to announce that the application for 2015 is now open. SPRING is a pioneering accelerator looking for businesses with products or services that benefit the lives of girls. It’s a market meets social change model that revolutionizes the idea of industry, giving your business the chance to …

Call for applications

Application to the first In take of WITU CODE GIRLS LEVEL UP program for STEM students and recent graduates. At the end of the program the “successful” participants will be placed with STEM companies in Uganda as Interns or Employees. This is an opportunity for each person to develop her full potential in the pursuit and support of a career in STEM DEADLINE TO APPLY IS : 30th January 2015. …

WINNING AN AWARD AND GRACE HOPPER CONFERENCE 2014 EXPERIENCE

This year I was nominated for the ABIE Change agent award and I won! This was my first experience/attendance of the GHC. I was overwhelmed by the numbers in attendance, 8000 women. Not just women, but women In computing! This was massive! I learned that African, American, Asian, we all face the same problems as women in Tech, just few are region specific. The solution is the same. We need …

NAKAZADE’s VISIT TO MULAGO MATERNITY AND LABOR DEPARTMENT

This saturday a team of mothers that I am part of decided to visit  Mulago Maternity and Labor wards. We collected clothes, bought a labor bed and a couple other instruments that were donated to this department The experience I got will last a life time. At the entrance, we are greeted by mattresses full of new mothers, all corridors are filled with either in-labor mothers or new mothers with …

Chevening Scholarships Open!

    Chevening Scholarships are the UK government’s global scholarship programme, funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and partner organisations. The programme makes awards to outstanding scholars with leadership potential from around the world to study postgraduate courses at universities in the UK. The Chevening programme was established in 1983 and has developed into a prestigious international scheme. Chevening Scholars come from more than 150 countries and territories worldwide (excluding …