WAAW foundation is super proud of its accomplishment this year, woohoo! With a dedicated team, passionate board members, supportive partners, unstinted sponsors and donors, WAAW foundation provided various educational opportunities that empowered African girls and youth in 2018. Here is a highlight of our 2018 work: Implemented 6 She Hacks Africa cohorts, (February – November);...
I have always wanted to be more, to know more and to be able to do more than what is expected. The opportunity came when a friend of mine encouraged me to apply for a scholarship to learn coding at a 4-week intensive training bootcamp-...
The African Union – International Centre for Girls and Women’s Education in Africa (AU/CIEFFA) is a specialized institution of the African Union since 2004 dealing with women and girls’ education in Africa. The second edition workshop of the African Union – International Centre for Girls’...
Join the movement and donate to WAAW foundation cause #givingtuesday "Everyone has something to give. You can give time or expertise, monetary donations large or small, simple acts of kindness, food or clothing. We hear and see firsthand the challenges African girls face when it comes to...
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Group photo of officials and participating Lagos Secondary Schools at the recent Agabmi STEM Symposium/Exhibition 2018 at Lagos Business School. Photo: Business Hilights[/caption] The 2018 AGBAMI STEM programme, initiated by Star Deep Water Petroleum Limited, a Chevron Company and other Agbami parties...
The WAAW Foundation She Hacks Africa coding, leadership and entrepreneurship November bootcamp which aims to build self-confidence in African youths as change agents and technology innovators in their communities while giving them relevant skills to build technology enterprises through an intensive hours of coding and mental...
The journey through the first week of She Hacks Africa Cohort 9 has been both an amazing and an eye-opening experience. Activities for the Cohort kicked off on Monday 5th of November, we got acquainted through an icebreaker, with each other and with our facilitators, Mrs...
We all walked into SHA (She Hacks Africa) with the aim of developing our coding skills but in one class, we discovered that the SHA initiative was more than that. We were introduced to WAAW Foundation and also the SHA initiative which is aimed at...
The Next Einstein Forum (NEF), an initiative of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) in partnership with Robert Bosch Stiftung celebrates NEF Africa Science Week 2018 in Nigeria in 35 African countries: Nigeria Zambia, Sudan, Benin, Angola, Uganda, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Malawi, Swaziland, The...
October 11 every year has been marked as the International Day of the Girl; A day aimed to promote girls’ rights, highlight and address the needs and challenges girls face and promoting girls' empowerment to improve girls lives. According to the 2018 theme: With Her:...