GoWoman Africa Issue 2 | Page 16

News & Events News & Events: TECH Needs Girls Words & Images: Sena Ahadji “Word’s out that tech has an image problem among girls who think it might be boring, geeky, uncreative and not really helping anyone!” - UN ITU Tech Needs Girls technology in Ghana. Enter Tech Needs Girls Ghana Chapter launched by Regina and Rasheedah Yehuzah in the tech hub of the Kwame agency for information & communication technologies (ICT) to ensure that more girls take an interest in technology. For the longest time girls have been allowed to believe that innovation and technology were for boys alone. At Regina’s Tech Needs Girls session, girls got in on the action. Ashesi University alumna who dreams of being the first African woman to build and launch a rocket. Meet Regina Agyare; Ashesi University alumna who dreams of being the first African woman to build and launch a rocket. She is a social entrepreneur using technology to change lives. After feeling unfulfilled in an IT department at a top international bank in Ghana, she quit to follow her dream of owning her own company. Now the CEO of Soronko Solutions and also a Fellow at the Aspen Institute, Regina is a young pioneer of change. She develops applications for disabled persons and encourages girls and women to become more interested in Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. On a Saturday morning, the pair and a a couple of volunteers brought together a group of intelligent and gifted young women. The goal of the free workshop was to encourage more girls to take an intere ??[?X?????K??X??YY??\??\?H?[]]?[B??]???[[?]X]]?H]B?UH HH[?]Y?][???]?\?H?Y[??\?[?YHX??YY??\?? \?\? ??\Y ?[?[?????X?[]??\????\?H?Y[????H??\]\??H]ZY]?[B??[?\?H???K?]?\?X\?H????]]]?\??[??Y[?Y?H?\?????H?[?[??Y???X??\?H???? ?B?^H?\?Y?]H]?X[???X][?????\?H\X?][????[X[H??[?Y\?Y[????]?B??\?[?][???\X?][??\????? K^HY?\?Y?Y???H??]? ?^B????H]YY[??H??Y??????X??YY??\??? ???B?? ?X??YY??\?????X??YY??\??M?????PS??TSP?T? ? L??????PS??TSP?T? ? L??M??