Connected African Girls Coding Camp – Tanzania

The Connected African Girls Coding Camp initiative is a series of hybrid boot camps for African girls and young women launched by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) towards bridging the digital divide and advancing ICT skills across the continent, and thus far in collaboration with UN Women, the ITU, and host governments, five effective hybrid coding camps were organized with the outcome of reaching more than 15,000 trainees.

The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, the ICT Commission of Tanzania under the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Tanzania Institute of Education, and Omuka Hub (a national NGO), in collaboration with ECA and partners will host the Connected African Girls Tanzania Coding Camp from 29 August – 04 September 2022 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania by bringing together more than 100 Tanzanian girls, virtual participants from the continent and relevant stakeholders to provide the necessary technical education and skills that enables the girls be familiarized with the right foundation to STEAM education, employment and entrepreneurship path.