STEM Education for Girls and Women in African Countries

At the Visiola Foundation, we empower African girls and young women with valuable skills to make them employable. We build their confidence and self-esteem and teach them how to use STEM to create solutions to the challenges they witness in their communities. Since 2014, The Visiola Foundation has directly impacted over 12,200 girls and young women from 10 African countries through its high-quality hybrid programs, including After-School STEM Clubs for junior and senior secondary school girls (ASCG) attending poorly resourced government schools, residential STEM camps for teenage girls, and Coding Boot Camps for young women. Students learn the science and engineering behind renewable energy and how to leverage these resources for sustainable development; robotics, data structures, algorithms, computer programming, mobile app development, problem solving, critical thinking, teamwork, public speaking, and leadership. Graduates of our programs have secured: (i) scholarships to pursue training and STEM degrees at local and international universities; (ii) competitive internships; and (iii) jobs. They have additionally received prestigious awards and fellowships, including the World Science Fellowship, National Girls in ICT Competition Winners, MTN Hackathon, and the Diamond Challenge.