Initiative

Empower Her



Girls from my community are largely faced with poverty, early marriages and stigma of being seen and not heard.



This has largely reduced the number of girls in the higher institution studying STEM related causes and also making sure they occupy the lowest run of the ladder economically and this gap keeps widening. My work is to ensure that women and. Girls are introduced to STEM early and understand their rights, help narrow the Technology Gap and ensure that the country and continent leaves the cycle of been counted a labour based economy to become a knowledge based economy.



We are unique with our solution of ensuring these narratives are changed. We do this by engaging girls in an After school program where we teach them things like Gaming, Coding, Development of Websites, Mixed Reality, Etiquette, AI, Robotics, Media skills and reminding them that we do not have another planet #NoPlanetB with some skills around caring for our planet. On the 28th of August 30 of these girls were enrolled for Technovation idea lab a pilot program in partnership with UNESCO to introduce Nigerian Girls to AI



I am presently working with girls from all states in Nigeria but particularly the underserved marginalised financially, due to technology access and Information

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