Coffee + Code (v1)

Code & Coffee

spice up coding skills with entrepreneurial fervor!

Code and Coffee is a casual event to co-work with fellow local women in tech thereby harnessing entrepreneurship skills and expanding professional network. This event is brought to you by Tech4her Africa & Co-host, MEST Africa (http://www.meltwater.org).

Join A Hub

One of the big benefits is the motivation women get to continue coding. It is hard learning to code or work on projects on your own.

Build A Team

Meet other women like you doing awesome things in Technology. You can meet new partners, potential co founders, potential team members.

Meet Investors

Our co-host, MEST Africa's got exciting opportunities for female innovators. Internships and incubation available for startups to launch and raise funds.

Stay Motivated

At this event, women are encouraged to bring their own projects and laptops for a fun, informal way to learn, code, and work on projects with others.

What's this about?

Code and Coffee is a casual event to co-work with fellow local women in tech thereby harnessing entrepreneurship skills and expanding their professional network.

At this event, women are encouraged to bring their own projects and laptops for a fun, informal way to learn, code, and work on projects with other members in the community. From Ruby on Rails and Javascript, to Python and Django and HTML/CSS, these events are open to all women or those who support women and minorities in tech.

Spice up your coding skills with entrepreneurship fervor. You can also find potential partners, co founders, team members and investors.

You can request for an invite. Venue: Mest Incubator, Ikoyi Lagos. Date: November 16, 2018. 10am.

The Organizers

Tech4her Africa (Host)

Tech4her Africa (a social enterprise working towards expanding economic opportunities for women by enabling them with Technology tools) has hosted a series of code sessions at CCHUB, American corner for about 400 ladies in 2018. Drive is to train the next 5000 female developers by 2020. By 2020, we will have 5000 ladies on Her Code Network. https://hcn.tech4herafrica.com

Last month, 4 members of our Alumni network trained by the CEO, Mrs Elizabeth Edwards won the Silicon Valley’s AngelHack competition. We built an AI chatbot for University use. invited to pitch at Silicon Valley alongside 17 startups from other cities around the world in November. Learn about us on our website: Https://www.tech4herafrica.com

MEST (CO-HOST)

MEST offers aspiring entrepreneurs a fully sponsored, intensive 12 month training program. Entrepreneurs-in-Training (EITs) are sourced from top graduates in Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa and Cote d’Ivoire.

Top aspiring entrepreneurs from across Africa are chosen to participate in fully-funded one-year entrepreneurship training program in Accra, Ghana.

Through the Meltwater Foundation, MEST offers $50k-$200k in seed funding to selected graduating teams in exchange for a minority stake in the company. https://www.meltwater.org

Interested in exhibiting at the event?

If interested in exhibiting at our code and coffee event, then you can book ahead for this. Learn more about what this involves by clicking on the button.