Girls Invent Tomorrow, in partnership with Intel, HP and The Media Corner, recently hosted a coding workshop to mark the celebration of International Girls' in ICT Day.
According to a media statement, the day is part of a global initiative that aims to create a global environment to empower and encourage girls and young women to consider careers in the growing field of information and communication technologies.
"The vision for this joint coding workshop is not only to teach students how to programme, but to allow them to open themselves up to a whole new world where they can seek to further any career choice and to develop skills needed in a digitally savvy and connected world," says Thuli Sibeko, founder of Girls Invent Tomorrow.
For Intel South Africa's corporate affairs director, Thabani Khupe, digital literacy is fundamental to learning in a curriculum-based environment. "There's a need to improve digital literacy skills by integrating training into gender and development programmes in shared computing environments, where women, girls, men and boys can access hardware, software, internet connectivity, and ongoing support."
Intel South Africa is also working to develop an online interactive gaming platform to encourage learning in an individual or mediated environment, across devices, and in the context of a peer network.
"As much as coding sounds complicated, it really need not be. Working with organisations such as Girls Invent Tomorrow, we can address this fear of coding in our youth and build on our vision for a continent well-versed and equipped to be completely digitally literate," concludes Khupe.
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