WIT, a global advocacy group dedicated to equipping women with exceptional, global-standard technological skills, through Makeathon, is seeking to empower 1,000 girls and women spread across rural and urban settlements in Nigeria over a period of four months.
Makeathon was launched at the WIT’s digital conference in Lagos tagged Digitalising Gender Equality for Brighter Economies. With the launch, the project has kicked-off across rural and urban communities in Nigeria, providing intensive and global standard learning experience for girls and women, who desire to build a rewarding career in the tech space to design, build products, and solutions that will help solve global issues.
“There is a large and waiting gap to be filled in the tech ecosystem globally. It is a clarion call to all of us as businesses, communities, individuals, and groups to come together to embrace tech and also build products and systems with women,” she noted. In her remarks, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of WIT Global, Ayumi Moore, said, “If you really want things to change, you must take action and if truly we want to see more women in tech, there is a need to take action.