Women's Technology Empowerment Centre – W.TEC

Research

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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W.TEC Marks Women & Girls in Science Day with Lafarge Africa PLC

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Press release Friday February 12th 2021 The Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC) collaborated with Lafarge Africa PLC to mark 2021 – International Day of Women and Girls in Science on Thursday February 11th with a virtual career fair for secondary school girls in select 10 schools across Nigeria. Each school had 20girls totaling 200 …

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W.TEC's New Staying Safe Online Initiative for Women & Girls

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] W.TEC in 2020 supported the annual ‘’16 Days of Activism Against Violence Against Women’’ with a new campaign format which this time will be a continuous programme for W.TEC to put staying safe online on the front-burner. In the past W.TEC organises series Staying safe online workshops for ladies and girls in higher institutions …

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W.TEC MENTORHER 2020 HOLDS FIRST WEBINAR

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre(W.TEC) MentorHer programme2020 held her first monthly webinar for new set of Mentees on Thursday, November 19, 2020 which was centered on the topic: “THE CREATIVE ME – HOW TO DEVELOP THE RIGHT IDEA FOR YOUR PROFESSIONAL SELF”. The webinar was hosted by W.TEC Programme Manager, Mrs Maryam Abdulsalam alongside …

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Meet Our New Girls Advisory Council

[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 …

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Covid transforming offline into online – W.TEC DGY Project

[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 …

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Our Executive Director – Mrs Oreoluwa Somolu Lesi shared her presentation on Leveraging STEM for Development in Lagos State at a recently held virtual event hosted by Lagos State Science Research and Innovation Council (LASRIC). She was panelist on the virtual event alongside other highly esteemed intellectuals like Prof. Peter Okebukola, Peter Bamkole of Pan …

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W.TEC PRESENTS: SHE CREATES NEXT

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]   Press Release: Lagos, Nigeria The Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC) is excited to present the 2020 edition of her She Creates Camp for girls. The award-winning girls STEAM – camp (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Maths) is taking the summer experience to the next level with a virtual camp which promises to be …

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