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The program has allowed students to not only receive their first job but also double their salary within a month by supplying them skills needed to succeed. Throughout Audrey's seven years leading the school, she developed and guided a team of over 100 people to train over 4000 students in both Kenya and Rwanda . [ 2 ]
In many countries, there is a significant gender gap in computer science education. In 2015, 15.3% of computer science students graduating from non-doctoral granting institutions in the US were women while at doctoral granting institutions, the figure was 16.6%. [27] The number of female PhD recipients in the US was 19.3% in 2018. [28]
In 2019, she founded the nonprofit TechLit Africa with another software engineer, Tyler Cinnamon, [4] after quitting their jobs. [1] The organization, headquartered in Kenya at Zawadi Yetu, [4] teaches 4000 students aged 5–14 basic computer skills and redistributes recycled technology to enable the creation of computer labs in African schools ...
Access to computers, or to broadband access, remains rare for half of the world's population. For example, as of 2010, on average of only one in 130 people in Africa had a computer [2] while in North America and Europe one in every two people had access to the Internet. [3] 90% of students in Africa had never touched a computer. [4]
Academic programs vary between colleges, but typically include a combination of topics in computer science,computer engineering, and electrical engineering. Undergraduate courses usually include programming, algorithms and data structures, computer architecture, operating systems, computer networks, parallel computing, embedded systems, algorithms design, circuit analysis and electronics ...
UNAIDS and the African Union have recognized CSE's impact on increasing condom use, voluntary HIV testing and reducing pregnancy among adolescent girls and have included comprehensive, age-appropriate sexuality education as one of the key recommendations to fast track the HIV response and end the AIDS epidemic among young women and girls in Africa.
The rise of disinformation and fake news: The spread of misinformation, disinformation, and fake news through social media and online platforms presents a new challenge for African education systems. Equipping students with critical thinking skills and media literacy is essential to enable them to discern fact from fiction. [115]
The Computer Society of South Africa (CSSA) is a representative association for ICT practitioners and professionals throughout South Africa. The Computer Society of South Africa focuses its activities, events and publications in five primary areas: ICT Policy representing industry practitioners at a local level.