Vodacom Media Release: #CodeLikeAGirl success shows demand for STEM learning for young girls across the African continent
The Vodacom #CodeLikeAGirl initiative is growing in popularity and is starting to inspire more young girls to enter the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields. While this year’s instalment of the #CodeLikeAGirl programme only had space for 600 young girls, the programme was oversubscribed by 40%, with more than 1,000 young girls registering to take part. To cater for this huge demand, plans are underway to run another edition before the end of this year. For the first time, the local programme attracted young girls from countries outside of South Africa. The initiative attracted 25 girls from six other countries including Botswana, Albania, Kenya, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Lesotho and Mozambique. Launched in 2017 with the aim of closing the gender gap and inspiring young girls to pursue STEM careers, the programme has been implemented in South Africa, Mozambique, Tanzania, DRC and Lesotho. In SA alone, since the programme was launche...