01Our Competitive Advantage – WAAW is Unique

WAAW foundation is unique in its aims at empowering African girls and women through the use of technology related tools. Our strong belief is that a globally relevant education in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) related fields will have a greater impact in enabling African women who can participate in the global economy of tomorrow.

A recent report^[1] shows that 4 out of 5 jobs that will be created over the next decade will require STEM skills. Unfortunately, in addition to the social, and economic obstacles, the perception that it is a waste of resources to educate African girls still exists, and prohibits several brilliant girls from attaining their potential and contributing meaningfully to the growth of their communities, especially in STEM fields.

It is well known (ref:World Bank) that educating a girl yields the best return on investment in developing nations. Educated girls  are not prone to early forced marriages and sexual exploitations, have fewer and more educated children, are less prone to die at child brith, can better manage their health in order to avoid diseases as HIV, and invest significantly more of their time and resources into recycling education and contributing to community building.

02WAAW's Model

At WAAW Foundation, our model is summarized in the diagram below: We empower leaders who in turn empower others... who in turn empower others... the cycle feeds forward.