Science

09 Apr

Posted at 22:42h in Africa, Education, Gender, Innovation, Mentoring, Science, STEM, Technology, Women by
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  The Working to Advance STEM Education for African Women (WAAW) foundation founder and President, Dr. Unoma Ndili Okorafor has been selected to attend Hive Harvard University Global leaders Program from April 14-16 in Boston. Hive is a new type of educational experience for extraordinary CEOs, leaders,...

29 Mar

Posted at 11:02h in Africa, Education, Google RISE, Innovation, Mentoring, Science, STEM, Technology, Women by
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WAAW at Google Techmakers Int’l Women’s Day Summit. WAAW foundation was pleased to participate in the 2016 Google Techmakers summit on Saturday, 19th March, 2016 at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos. Two of the foundation’s executive team, Tolulope Owajoba and Florence Ogunbor, were selected to...

18 Aug

Posted at 23:34h in Africa, Education, Innovation, Poverty, Science, STEM, STEM Cells, Technology, Women by
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The Working to Advance STEM Education for African Women (WAAW) foundation exposed 32 young African girls to various STEM & CS knowledge and skills. WAAW Foundation has successfully completed a high quality, exciting, technically challenging 6-day residential Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) & Computing science (CS)...

01 Apr

Posted at 23:14h in Africa, Education, Scholarship, Science, STEM, STEM Cells, Technology, Women by
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Working to advance STEM education for African Women (WAAW) foundation launched the STEM fellows outreach program at the University of Port-harcourt (UNIPORT), Nigeria. The UNIPORT cell  is a student led initiative which comprises 3 female  undergraduate students (fellows) studying STEM related courses and led by Chineye...

11 Feb

Posted at 19:43h in Africa, Education, Google RISE, Mentoring, Science, STEM, Technology, Women by
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Working to Advance STEM Education for African Women (WAAW) Foundation and the Emerging Leaders in Technology and Engineering are partnering to promote African girls' interest in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math) and Computer science field in 2014. Working to Advance STEM Education for African women...

02 Jun

Posted at 01:03h in Africa, Education, Innovation, Scholarship, Science, STEM, Women by
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The WAAW Foundation Scholarship Initiative has benefited nine girls since inception. Every year at least four girls receive $500 towards their tuition. These girls must demonstrate need through strong academic progress and financial need. For the 2013 Scholarship program, we went further, we also decided that...

16 Apr

Posted at 02:57h in Africa, Science, STEM, Technology by
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Excerpt from article in Venture Capital for Africa, by hilda moraa morara on 1/23/ 2013 Full article at http://vc4africa.biz/blog/2013/01/23/where-are-the-women-in-stem The clamor for innovation in the African society today is loud. In the era where there is a lot happening in ICT, innovation and entrepreneurship, why are there...