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Day 8: Promoting Responsible Consumption

Muhammadu is leading the way in championing smart water dispensers, offering a refreshing approach to sustainability! His advocacy focuses on responsible consumption, reduced plastic waste, and aligning with SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production. Quenching Thirst, Not the Planet! 💧🌍

Day 7: Clean Water for All

Providing clean water access: Supporting SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation. 🌊
Access to clean water is a basic human right. Let's ensure everyone has it!

Day 6: Promoting Smart Water Dispensers

Promoting smart water dispensers for a greener future with minimal plastic impact. 🌎
Join the movement towards sustainability and help reduce plastic waste!

Day 5: Discovering Smart Water Dispensers

Discovering smart water dispensers: A beacon of hope shining bright for a plastic-free planet! 🎉🏆

Small changes lead to big impacts. Let's embrace sustainable solutions!

Day 4: Rethinking Bottled Water

Rethinking the bottled water craze 💧. Muhammadu seeks sustainable solutions to quench our thirst without harming our planet. 🌎

What are your thoughts on reducing bottled water usage?

Share your ideas!

Day 3: Mission Start

Embarking on a mission to confront plastic pollution: 'Victory over waste, a new dawn for our planet!' 🌅🌱

Together, we can make this vision a reality. Let's reduce, reuse, and recycle!

Day 2: Call to Action

Muhammadu gears up to combat plastic pollution with unmatched determination. His mission? A cleaner, greener future! 🌱💧

Let's support heroes who are making a real difference for our environment.

I Leaped from Failure to Taking Initiative in 2023

The curtain was closing on 2022, and a new chapter in my life was beginning. I enrolled in the African Leadership X Software Engineering programme with no prior coding experience because I wanted to do hard things. How absurd did this sound?

I took up the challenge to push the boundaries of technology and become a software engineer so that I could use my creativity to advance artificial intelligence while empowering the underprivileged young women in my community.

Surprisingly, in the early hours of 2023, I hit a snag during the program's probationary period and failed to meet the 80% requirement. I thus lost out on this wonderful opportunity and had my hopes of becoming a developer dashed

With a sour face, I rested on the "Initiative" C.H.A.I.R. value of African Leadership X and thought comforting thoughts. With tearful eyes, I observed the young girls in my neighbourhood to whom I have denied access to tech skills and resolved to undo the damage by pushing them into STEM education.

STEM students made up 57.6% of KNUST students in 2021, compared to 42.4% of non-STEM students. The proportion of male and female STEM students was 62.91% and 37.09%, respectively. – Professor Rita Akosua Dickson, KNUST vice chancellor.

This is a grave concern for all and thus needs addressing. So, I conceived the 💡iDea, "The TechKative Girl Project", which sought to bridge the less representation of females in STEM programs by telling their stories. Together with a team of 4, myself and three vibrant young female volunteers made great strides in this campaign by connecting 25 passionate young females in Ghana to pursue the ALX Software Engineering program (Cohort 12 and 13).

Throughout our journey, we were able to empower 70%, 67%, 57%, and 50% of non-STEM young females to create accounts on LinkedIn, Intranet, GitHub, and Slack, respectively, to successfully enrol in the 12-month Software Engineering programme.

Some of our struggles were that only 27% and 57% of them had access to dependable computers and internet connectivity. Nevertheless, a couple of them—Rehanatu Issahaku and Maryam Abdur-Razzaaq, for example—were able to use their phones to code and complete assignments on the program's Intranet. Amazing TechKative Girls.👏 Their programme obligations were severely impacted, though.

Ultimately, only Asare Ruth was able to complete the program's probationary period and continued pursuing her goal of becoming a developer. This made her the 2023 Face of TechKative Girl, and she is excited to fulfil her tech ambitions as well as empower non-STEM young women in underprivileged Ghanaian communities with tech skills.

Now that we've reversed the trend, let's keep encouraging young women in our community who are in non-STEM fields into STEM careers.

This is the story of my Leap from Failure to Taking Initiative in 2023. Let's connect now to complete the undone work.

✍️ Aboubakr Muhammadu Sungsong, 2023

Ortil International wishes a Happy Mother's Day to all women who have shaped our world with their love and kindness.

THE FUTURE OF TECH IS FE-MALE DESPITE THEIR CURRENT LOW REPRESENTATION IN STEM

"Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) students in KNUST account for 57.60% while non-STEM students account for 42.40%. Male and Female STEM students account for 62.91% and 37.09%, respectively." - Professor Rita Akosua Dickson, KNUST VC, 2021

“I have very personally felt the overwhelming loneliness, self-doubt, and frustration that often comes with the minority status of a woman in engineering. As much as I can help others get through or avoid those difficult stretches that I myself had to weather, I’d like to. As a bonus, the more women (and minorities) that enter and don’t leave the field, the better it all gets for everyone, including me!” - Tracy Chou, Software Engineer at Pinterest

Despite the low female representation in STEM, few females are still doing hard things to realize their greatest potentials in tech. On this note, The TechKative Girl congratulate Dr. Napari for the success she has chalked in PhD Applied Statistics.

Hello Future Women Techsters Fellow,

Thank you for your interest in participating in the Women Techsters Fellowship Class of 2024 Program.

The Women Techsters program is a FREE 1-year experiential learning technology upskilling program that empowers young girls and women, ages 16 to 40 years across Africa with global in-demand skills relevant to kickstart careers and businesses in technology. The program aims to bridge the digital and technology knowledge divide between men and women in the technology ecosystem and ensure equal access to technology opportunities for women and girls.

The Women Techsters Fellowship is a highly competitive program, admitting only the top 3% of applicants. The Fellowship program will commence in September 2023 and run for a 1-year period. The first 6 months is a virtual technical and soft skills training, while the last 6 months are dedicated to experiential learning (Internship) or business incubation and mentorship.

Kindly note that technical and soft skills are pre-requisite to accessing internship and mentorship opportunities in the Women Techsters Fellowship Program.

We are rooting for you as you kickstart a very critical step in commencing your journey as a woman in tech, and we earnestly look forward to receiving and reviewing your application.

P.S. Do not submit multiple entries (more than one entry), as this would lead to your application being disqualified. Also, note that when you click on the submit button, it leads you to a response page that states your application has been received by the Selection Committee and you will be contacted on your application status upon review completion.

To aid your application process, we have created an application guide.

Kindly click on this link https://bit.ly/WTFellowship24ApplicationGuide to access the guide before proceeding to submit your application.

Cheering you loudly,
Women Techsters Team.

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