Last October, I had the opportunity to attend the annual general meeting of the organisation ICANN – popularly tagged ICANN63. ICANN – or the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers – is a global nonprofit organisation established in 1998 and dedicated to...
The women's Technology Empowerment Centre recently rewarded participants of its photography workshop for girls at Aiyetoro Senior Grammar School in Ebute-Metta, Lagos. The gifts were presented to the girls as an award from our workshop-partners Girls' Voices for...
W.TEC Academy - Ilorin (January - June, October - December) Our after school computer club for girls programme continues at Ilorin for the 2nd term of the 2018 - 2019 session. There are plans to expand the programme in the state and we shall keep you posted on that....
Lagos – Nigeria January 17, 2019: The Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC) is set to host an event Social Media Week Lagos 2019 programme. The event, tagged: Storytelling Techniques For Amplifying Social Impact, is taking place at the SMW Lagos Campus,...
The W.TEC Academy at Ilorin, has commenced its 2nd session for the 2018 - 2019 school year with an impactful curriculum featuring digital design with Corel Draw and advanced Microsoft Word to make the tech learning experience for participants a unique one. W.TEC...
Hello everyone We wish to share with our esteem community, some interesting scholarships we believe will possibly be in line with your future career choice or field of study. The following are some good opportunities you need to check out before their application...
''The Future is Female'' campaign by W.TEC is a colourful showcase of women in technology to inspire more women to the Nigerian tech space. Thus, by celebrating women who are successfully working in the tech sector, W.TEC is establishing a clear reference to...
W.TEC has indeed been very busy in last couple of months in empowering women and girls with ICT which made the news in the many of our national dallies and other news agencies. In this post we compile all the coverage of our work the wonderful esteemed members of the...
Hello everyone We wish to share with our esteem community some interesting STEM opportunities we believe will possibly go in line with your individual line of work, please go through them and share them with others. 1.Bill and Melinda Gate Foundation - Global...
Part of activities to mark W.TEC’s 10th year anniversary was a courtesy call on Intel to show appreciation for their unwavering support of W.TEC’s programs, in the last five years. The relationship of W.TEC with Intel focused on implementing the SheWillConnect...
Lagos – November 2018 In November 2018, W.TEC’s Safer Internet team commenced its 16 Days of Activism against Violence against Women campaign for 2018. The team which has empowered over 10,000 women and girls in recent years is concentrating more on women for its 2018...
Intel’s SheWillConnect programme recently, celebrated its reach to 5million African women (both online and offline) through its SheWillConnect programme, which empowered and sensitized women on the need to using ICT for their socio-economic development. In 2013 Intel...
Lagos, Nigeria – 9th November, 2018: The Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre - W.TEC, recently held its first HERkathon. The event which targets the secondary school mid-term break is a Robotics hackathon with sessions on robotics and tech career-talks. Held at...
The Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre – W.TEC in 2018 is proud to have empowered 85 girls aged 13 to 17 years in Lagos and Anambra States with world class technology skills during her annual technology camp series for girls, now newly rebranded as the ‘’She...
We are excited to introduce our new campaign; ‘’ The future is female” which is set to interestingly showcase our women...
W.TEC’s highly successful after school computer club for girls W.TEC Academy, opened a new chapter in Ilorin, Kwara State for the 2017 – 2018 session after operating for 3 years in Lagos State secondary schools. W.TEC Academy which is an after school initiative...
W.TEC once more takes the driving seat for the empowerment of women with ICT in Nigeria by working in conjunction with the CodeLagos programme; W.TEC’s training Centre in Lekki now serves as a free coding training centre for females the first of its kind for the...
Press Release Lagos, Nigeria – 18th August, 2018: The Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre - W.TEC today rounded off its 11th She Creates Girls Technology Camp in Mainland Lagos, Nigeria, which ran from August 5th – 18th. The camp concluded with a graduation...
Miss Yvonne Omage is an alumnae of our 2008 camp who has since then, has always been following up on all activities of W.TEC, thus this makes us pleased to feature her in our ''Impact Story'' series. Our impact story series features the impact of our major programmes...
This is introducing our ''Impact Story Series'' by which we will be featuring the impact of our major programmes on participants of such in a bid to inspire more girls to the good use of ICT and consider taking a career in ICT. Our first feature of the impact series...
Applications Now Open! Released: Wednesday June 27th 2018 W.TEC is now accepting applications for the 2018 She Creates and the Early Innovators, Technology Camps, taking place in Lagos and Anambra States in July - September. The She Creates Camp is a two-week...
Miss Monsurat Oshinfisan is the newest intern at W.TEC, she is no visitor to W.TEC as she has been a big participant of W.TEC's programmes right from her days in secondary school, to volunteering with W.TEC's Camp during her OND programme and other programmes....
Mrs Tolulope Ibrahim is W.TEC's new Project Assistant for the W.TEC Academy programme in Ilorin Kwara State. Tolulope will working with instructors in Ilorin to carry out training sessions on basic computer skills for girls in select secondary schools in Ilorin. ...
Released: Lagos, Nigeria – 5th May, 2018 The Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre - W.TEC recently marked the 2018 International Girls in ICT Day with a comprehensive programme of events for secondary school female students between the ages of 13- 17 from select...
Released: Lagos – Nigeria April 30th, 2018: The Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC) attended the recently held 2018 EMEA sumit co-hosted by Facebook & Google. W.TEC was invited to the summit due to her safer internet workshop series she organize each...
Released: Lagos – Nigeria February 27, 2018: The Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC) hosted an event at the ongoing Social Media Week Lagos 2018 programme. The programme: DIY fundraising: all you need to know about online fundraising (,took place at the SMW...
Released: Lagos, Nigeria – 9th February, 2018 The Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC) in conjunction with Facebook for the second time in a roll, marked 2018 Safer Internet Day on Wednesday, February 7th at New Era Girls’ Senior Secondary School, Surulere,...
Lagos – November 2017 On Wednesday, October 26th W.TEC commenced its 16 Days of Activism against Violence against Women campaign for 2017. W.TEC supports the 16 Days of Activism movement for the past 8 years, by organising online safety workshop for secondary schools...
This is a new column in our blog where we will on a monthly basis share with you interesting grants and employment opportunities that are not well known to the public at large for our followers and community to take advantage of. PTDF offers MSc and PhD Scholarships...
ovember 2017 Compiled By Ayomide Omoniyi The United States Consulate- General, Lagos in conjunction with Goethe Institute and the Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC) recently held a two-day workshop on Innovative Service Delivery in Libraries and Information...