The little that I know, I want to pass on to every woman that I cross paths with. The future I envision possible for women and girls, I want every woman to see and believe is possible. The hope of a future where every girl can make choices for their own lives, and smart ones because they are informed. A future where every girl/young woman, goes into marriage by choice …
The Knight-Mozilla Fellowships
The Knight-Mozilla Fellowship places creative technologists in newsrooms to work on open-source tools and support reporting that strengthens the web and changes people’s lives. The fellowships are paid positions and applications for the 2016 cohort are open now. The deadline to apply is August 21 at midnight EDT. BEING A FELLOW Knight-Mozilla Fellows spend 10 months working with newsroom technology teams to write open-source code, analyze and visualize data, and explore …
Testimony time (This is why I do what I do with Women In Tech Uganda)
I mentor and offer advise to many young women in the fields of Technology and Business. I have worked many young women trying to advance women in STEM in Uganda through my organization Women in Technology Uganda. Some young women I have directly impacted through mentoring, advising, giving inspirational talks or just sharing my passion with them. READ MORE…..
WAAW Foundation Opens 2016 Scholarships for African Women
WAAW Foundation 2016 scholarship applications will open on August 1, 2015. Click to view our 2016_ScholarshipAnnouncement To say informed, click here to like us on Facebook. You are strongly encouraged to like our facebook page to be informed or considered for our scholarship! ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA WAAW foundation’s annual scholarship initiative is aimed at supporting need based African female STEM-focused college education. Please read the eligibility criteria before you apply. All non qualifying …
Dear Young Woman – Your situation is not a pre qualifier for any job!
Many young women in Uganda are looking for opportunities of employment, support and mentoring. Right after graduation resumes start flying around and many have found their way to my desk. Some young women have been introduced to me by friends, mothers, relatives and some have been stories I have read on social media groups that I am part of. I would like to speak to some women that fall in …
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. …