By Paul Ndiho
The East Africa Regional Force (EAC) is taking over strategic positions once held by the M23 Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo. A group of reporters, including VOA journalist Paul Ndiho, was given a guided tour of the area.
By Paul Ndiho
Although computer coding sounds technical, it does require creativity and is a lot of fun. If you know how to code, you can develop apps, video games, websites, and more.
However, women are significantly underrepresented in the field of technology. Retiana Phiri, a young student at Evelyn Hone College in Lusaka, Zambia, is trying to change that—she is using her coding skills to empower other young women.
It’s Africa Fashion Week in New York City, the largest annual fashion event in the United States. This event brings together African designers from across the continent, Europe, and other parts of the world to showcase their creations. Perhaps African models are doing their thing on the runway.
For more insight into the fashion industry, Africa 54’s Paul Ndiho, via Skype, spoke to Joram Muzira, CEO and Founder of JORAM MODEL MANAGEMENT, an award-winning scout – that is centered on making young girls and boys who have raw talents for modeling into world-class professional supermodels.
Women lack representation in multiple industries, but the gender gap is stark in STEM fields. TechGirls, an initiative of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, has since 2012 trained more than 390 women in STEM-related fields, providing them with access and opportunities to advance their skills and pursue their dreams.
For more, I am joined by Jennifer Batamuliza, CEO and founder of RWA Tech. She led a team of young girls from Rwanda to this year’s skill-development workshops in the United States.
Despite a robust digital payment revolution in Uganda, many traders and consumers still use cash. But this is about to change. Driven by mobile money, there is an increased number of digital wallet providers such as Pivotpay trying to make their mark. Africa 54 Technology Correspondent Paul Ndiho spoke to Atim Joyce Sandra, a single mother of three daughters. She learned how to code and became a data analyst at PivotPay after being kicked out of her home to provide for her kids.
Across Africa, many youths do not know how to use a computer, an absolute requirement for success in today’s technology-driven environment. In Tanzania, the Youth for Children Innovation Hub, a University of Dar-es-Salaam initiative, is geared toward reducing the digital divide by providing young people with computer skills training, boot camps, and mentorship. Africa 54 Technology Correspondent Paul Ndiho spoke to Caroline Lewanga, a Youth for Children Innovation Hub facilitator based in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania.
Africa’s digital revolution offers abundant opportunities across a wide range of areas. In Ghana, self-taught computer Wizkid is on a mission to transform Ghana’s approach to STEM through robotics education. And he believes he’s found a solution.
Africa 54 Technology Correspondent Paul Ndiho spoke to Jonathan Kennedy Sowah, a Ghanaian entrepreneur and CEO InovTech STEM Center who dropped out of school at 13 years old to learn robotics.
Fusing recycling, technology, and finance clean-tech startup, Scrapays continues to lead in its venture as it helps businesses and households sell off their recyclable waste conveniently and at premium prices. For more, Africa 54 technology correspondent Paul Ndiho spoke to Bolu Arewa, a tech entrepreneur and co-founder of Scrapays Technologies in Lagos, Nigeria.
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