THESE NIGERIAN STUDENTS ARE CODING TO SOLVE THEIR COMMUNITY’S BIGGEST PROBLEMS.
Before 13-year-old Mariam joined the GirlsCoding initiative, she had never used a computer. Where she lives in Lagos, schools don’t offer technology classes — and many girls aren’t enrolled in school at all.
GirlsCoding is the signature programme of Pearls Africa Foundation, an organisation founded by software engineer Abisoye Ajayi-Akinfolarin. Pearls Africa Foundation equips Nigerian girls with the skills they need to thrive in the labour force — including helping girls like Mariam learn to code. After just two years, Mariam knows HTML and JavaScript and is building her own website to raise awareness about food security in Nigeria.
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