An 8-week challenge where teams of middle school girls will work with mentors & coaches to technovate with cash prizes to be won.
In many societies a girl’s choice to study science/engineering can be understood as a decision that weakens her identity as a female and making her appear less feminine. This dissuades many girls from studying STEEM subjects in favor of courses that are considered more appropriate for their gender.
Technovation strives to inspire girls to get involved in STEM and close the gender gap. Technovation is the world’s largest technology entrepreneurship challenge for girls aged 10–18. It runs across 100+ countries.
Most in demand & high paying jobs today are Science & Tech based but mainly dominated by the males. Girls can be prepared ahead for this as well.
About
An 8 -week challenge where teams of middle school girls will work with mentors & coaches to develop a tech based solution with cash prizes to be won. They will be able to identify a problem in their community, develop a tech solution and launch a startup (completing everything from coding to writing a business plan).
For Who: Girls aged 10–18; JSS2, JSS3, SS1 students
When: October 5- November 30, 2021. Saturdays 10am-5pm.
Where: American corner, Leventis building , 54 Magazine Road Jericho, Ibadan
Prize: 100,000 cash prizes for best 3 + other prizes
Registration closes on September 30
Benefits the girls get:
- Training from top experts in the industry.
- Chance to get scholarship to study at senior class & the university.
- Internship Opportunity
- STEEM Diva Ambassadors: We are grooming the next female generation leaders.
- Participate in exchange programs abroad.
Group Projects for the Hackathon:
– Solar Engineering
– Data science
– Web development
– {NASA} Space Science
– Content publishing {animation, graphics, slides, presentations}
– Hardware/Embedded Systems Engineering
The Experience
– General session for 100 selected students. Top 30 will advance to next stage of competition.
– The General session will hold for 2 weeks.