Women's Technology Empowerment Centre – W.TEC
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Nigeria’s latest TV reality star, Rebecca Ayibanengimote Hampson a.k.a Nengi is our #WCW for this week. This amazing lady has warmed the hearts of so many Nigerians from the recently concluded #BigBrotherNaija season 5 reality shows. Behind her beautiful smile is a tale of the average struggling Nigerian girl who rose from the ashes …
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Postponed to 2021! In sensitivity with the #Endsars struggle this programme has been postponed to 2021. More details on new schedules will be made available in earnest. In the meantime we sincerely apologize for any inconveniences brought by this postponement. Thank you. Signed W.TEC Many businesses are making big efforts to have good …
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] W.TEC is pleased to have been selected as a 2020 WSIS Champion in Category 3 (Access to Information and Knowledge). The WSIS Prizes contest was developed in response to requests from the WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society) stakeholders to create an effective mechanism to evaluate projects and activities that leverage the power …
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The W.TEC Girls Advisory Council comprises of a group of select girls (alumnae of W.TEC programmes) nominated to work as an advisory group to partner with W.TEC staff members on activities ranging from programme development to research and publicity. The GAC members will also have the opportunity to make recommendations to and share their …
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Our first virtual camp for girls tagged She Creates Next has come and gone. This was the 13th edition of W.TEC’s She Creates programme – a summer tech camp programme for girls which has inspired a new generation of tech savvy women. In this write up on the camp we highlight the progress made …
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Digital Generation Youth project consortium members from Nigeria, South Africa, Lithuania and The Netherlands gathered for an open online webinar. This time the concept of maker space was at the core of this webinar. Maker Spaces from Lithuania and Nigeria shared their tips and tricks on how to motivate children and young people to go hands-on and …
Covid transforming offline into online – W.TEC DGY Project Read More »
In 2019, W.TEC joined the Digital Generation Youth (DGY) project, which is aimed at developing new content, methods and activities to improve the quality of youth non-formal learning programmes. Through this project, organisations that work with young people in Nigeria, South Africa, Lithuania and the Netherlands will develop competences in delivering non-formal digital literacy and …
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Press Release Lagos, Nigeria – 10th August, 2020: The Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre – W.TEC recently held her first virtual camp tagged She Creates Next. The camp is the 13th edition of the She Creates Camp – a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Maths) summer Camp for secondary school girls. The camp was …
W.TEC Holds Her first Virtual Camp for Girls – She Creates Next Camp Read More »
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The W.TEC Academy makes a big comeback with a series of new online classes. W.TEC Academy is an afterschool computer club for girls currently held in select secondary schools across Kwara and Ogun States. The programme, sponsored by Oracle had 500 girls enrolled for its weekly classes before the outbreak of the pandemic. The …
