Women's Technology Empowerment Centre – W.TEC

Inclusion

W.TEC Partners Oracle to Mark 2021 Girls In ICT Day

W.TEC Partners Oracle to Mark2021 Girls In ICT Day W.TEC CELEBRATES GIRLS IN ICT DAY 2021 WITH HACKATHON The Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre (WTEC) celebrated the Girls in ICT Day 2021 event with the W.TEC Academy girls in a career talk and hackathon session on Thursday May 6, 2021. The event which had Notable individuals, …

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MakeHER Space Expanded to Northern Nigeria

MakerHER-Space Expands to Northern Nigeria  Lesley Tarabina our Curiculum Development Officer was recently in Abuja to facilitate our train the trainer TOT workshop for instructors of the programme in Northern-Nigeria which is part of the next expansion phase of the programme. Lesley pens down for us how the programme progressed. The Makeher Space training of …

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W.TEC's 13th Anniversary Message

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] W.TEC’s 13th Anniversary Message In 2008, W.TEC opened its doors and committed to a journey of raising the next generation of women technology creators, entrepreneurs and leaders. Our programmes have encompassed intensive technology camps for girls, after-school technology clubs situated in secondary schools, technology workshops for female entrepreneurs, mentorship for female STEM undergraduates and …

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IT4All Resumes for 2021

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Children’s Development Centre (CDC) in Lagos and the Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC) has commenced their special partnership programme – Inclusive Technology for All (IT4All) for the 2021 calendar year. The programme is an ICT inclusion scheme tailored for young people with developmental disabilities and special needs, such as Autism and Down’s syndrome. …

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Vote For W.TEC To Win 2021 WSIS Prizes

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] We are glad to announce the nomination of W.TEC’s MakeHER Space project for the coveted 2021 #WSISPrizes in the Capacity Building Category, the 4th category for the awards. Our MakeHER Space Project made the shortlist of 360 nominees out of 1,270 projects submitted from all over the world. To win the award you must emerge with the …

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W.TEC Holds Panelist Session to Mark 2021 International Women’s Day

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Lagos – Nigeria March 4, 2020: The Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC) is set to host a virtual panelist event to mark 2021 International Women’s Day. The event’s theme is in linewith the global theme for 2021 International Women’s Day: Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world’. Also the panelist …

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Fati Abubakar is W.TEC's #WCW

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Our #WCW this week is a Nigerian photojournalist, documentary photographer nurse and a humanitarian worker from Borno state. Her Instagram project @bitsofborno is a unique page which showcases the reality of life in some parts of Nigeria many won’t go for a while. Her work has been published in The New York Times, CNN Africa, BBC and Voice …

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Support W.TEC’s International Women’s Week Campaign

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] W.TEC is excited to announce her participation in the first-ever International Women’s Week campaign by GlobalGiving, the world’s biggest fund-raising platform for nonprofits. This campaign will run from Monday, March 8, at 0:00:00 ET through Friday, March 12, at 23:59:59 ET. This week-long charity event is held in honour of the 2021 International Women’s Day, featuring  nonprofit partners of GlobalGiving …

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21st Century Skills and Recognition with Open Badges

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] In February 2021, the Digital Generation Youth Project hosted an online training series titled 21st Century Skills and Recognition with Open Badges.  The training lasted for  6 different days, from the 1st of February to the 17th of February. It was an opportunity for project partners and other interested participants to learn about the …

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Press Release – W.TEC Academy Returns to Lagos State

PRESS RELEASE The Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre. 2 Babalola Gardens, off Freedom Way,  Ikate – Lekki, Lagos. Tuesday February 16th 2021. W.TEC Announces the Return of W.TEC Academy to lagos W.TEC is excited to announce the return of her after-school STEM programme for girls in public schools to Lagos State. The programme will be conducted in conjunction …

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