Organizers
RCO, UN ECASustainable Development Goals
Contact information
errolice.tjipura@un.orgConnected African Girls Coding Camp: 5th Edition Coding Camp hosted in Namibia
The Connected Africa Girls Coding Camp is back this year with its 5th edition commissioned by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in partnership with the government of The Republic of Namibia, UN Namibia, UN WOMEN, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) , Telecom Namibia and Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST).
Location
About the event
The hybrid training targets young African women and girls between 12 to 25 years of age, where 100 from Namibia will be physically attending while over 2000 are expected to join virtually from around the African continent.
The 7-day training will feature four main workshops on animation, web development & gaming, IoT & robotics, and 3D printing. Graphic design is included as a common course in line with artificial intelligence, design thinking, and computational thinking. The camp will also feature master classes on Gender-Based Violence, UN SDGs, and Agenda 2063 including personal development skills.
On the final day of the camp, an innovation fair will be organized enabling the girls to showcase their projects during the coding camp by targeting solution-oriented ideas in response to the continent’s socio-economic challenges. In the last four editions of the coding camp, trainees have developed 198 innovative projects, of which 40 were recognized for their contributions to the community.
