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 …
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. …
A different approach to getting young girls interested In ICT in Uganda (this is just my view)
First of all great work to the people that came up with the curriculum for ICT in primary and secondary schools in Uganda, so we have computers in most our schools and we endeavor to teach the whole curriculum with in the term, when students sit exams they excel, but when it comes to every day practice they are terrible and don’t seem to know what they are doing. Most …
A geekgirl, how I got interested in Tech
A geekgirl, how I got interested in Tech I started my primary school way back in 1992 and by then computers in Uganda was a luxury for the extremely rich, we never had a computer home as mine is a humble background. I first saw a computer in 1996 when our school opened up a computer lab, I used this lab once in my life, during this lesson the teacher …