#girls can code

Into the Spiderverse girls !!

It’s the second time I’ve been working for Prologin with @sedeto and it’s always a blast !! We finished this piece a long time ago and I’m so glad I can share it with you now !! Super talented Sed (Sedeto.fr) did the graphic design and helped me with a lot of the color choices too ! As you can see, I was inspired by the last Spiderman movie : 3

Shade of Women Foundation Presents: Girls Can Code – 13th OctFober, Ibadan

Few things excite me as much as this project: a project dedicated to giving young girls the best start in life. When I saw the poster, it nearly brought tears to my eyes. The future is data, and those that can control, manipulate and work with it will be at the forefront of civilisation. If in doubt, ask Bezos or Zuckerberg. Girls Can Codeis a project that is bringing this skill to young…

Ethiopia’s Zealous Global Leader Hiwot Adane, One Of The Intern Group’s 2017 Scholarship Winner

International internship provider The Intern Group (TIG) announced its four 2017 scholarship winners. A total of US$9,500 in program expenses will be covered by the company to facilitate international internships for these four outstanding young professionals seeking global experiences.

Short stints abroad in France and the United States fueled Hiwot Adane’s passion to pursue international…

Just spent ages trying to get Rails set up for an online course I’m taking. I refused to use an online development environment, thinking it would be best if I get it set up on my machine first. Well, I struggled for about three days, but I’ve now been able to replicate the happy “You’re riding on rails!” message. Yes!

For posterity, here is what I did (this is Rails 5.0.0.1 and Ruby 2.3.0p0):

rails new myApp --database=postgresql

cd myApp

bin/rails db:create

bin/rails db:migrate

rails server

Getting Girls Excited about STEM in the Classroom by @sarah_daren

Last year, Google’s workplace demographic report showed that there is still a long way to go before we see gender equality in the STEM workforce. Just 18% of Google’s technical employees were women, of about 56,000 employees worldwide. What’s worse, is that this number is one of the highest in the tech industry. Furthermore, only 13% of engineers are women, revealing a staggering inequality in…

Coding for Girls – Tools to Get Girls More Easily into Tech

Intel iQ – Jon Irwin How a hackathon project became a Kickstarter success that is enticing young students to dive into the world of software development. Computer programs allow us to build almost anything these days, from complicated construction blueprints to amazingly life-like CGI visuals. Vidcode, started by Alexandra Diracles and Melissa Halfon, builds something even more important:…

Meet The Girls Solving The World’s Problems In CODEGIRL

Forbes – Amy Guttman Meet the girls solving the world’s problems in CODEGIRL, a documentary released this week on YouTube, and available to view for free until this Thursday. The film follows teams of high school aged girls from Moldova to Brazil developing apps to address global needs – starting in their own backyard. The winning team TISI +% gets $10,000 to complete their app and launch it, but…