A cross section of participants during the occassion. Press Release: Lagos Nigeria, April 26th View event photo album The Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre (WTEC), partnered with the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) -Lagos in conjunction with United...
An Alumnae's Journey
Many participants of the numerous empowerment programs by W.TEC has gone on to do impressive work with their skills while others have been inspired to pursue STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) careers by enrolling for respective courses in our...
CDC & W.TEC Organise Developmental Disabilities Showcase
Press Release: Lagos, Nigeria – 15 April, 2019: The Children’s Development Centre (CDC) and the Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC) will organise an event to commemorate Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, which takes place every March and World...
Domain Name Policy, Internet Governance & Kobe Beef at ICANN 64
By Oreoluwa Lesi The 64th ICANN public meeting took place in Kobe, Japan from March 8 to 14, 2019 and I had the honour of being able to participate in it. It was only my 3rd ICANN public meeting, but a far cry from my first (ICANN 61 in San Juan, Puerto Rico), where I...
Domain Name Policy, Internet Governance & Kobe Beef at ICANN 64
By Oreoluwa Lesi The 64th ICANN public meeting took place in Kobe, Japan from March 8 to 14, 2019 and I had the honour of being able to participate in it. It was only my 3rd ICANN public meeting, but a far cry from my first (ICANN 61 in San Juan, Puerto Rico), where I...
Rotary Club Partners W.TEC & AAF To Empower Girls
April 5th 2019 On April 4 2019, the Women’s Technology Empowerment Center (WTEC) in conjunction with the Ajoke Ayisat Afolabi Foundation (AAF) held a graduation ceremony for participants of the Rotary Club of Falomo Skills Acquisition & Technology Training...
W.TEC Academy Wraps For 2019 – 2nd Term
The Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC) currently is holding it after school computer club programme for girls at select secondary schools in Ilorin. The programme is powered by Oracle The programme which has entered its 2nd session is currently training...
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Celebrates 30years of the World Wide Web(WWW) at W.TEC
W.TEC Press Release Lagos; Nigeria – Wednesday March 13th 2019 The Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC) had the pleasure of welcoming Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web(WWW) to her Lekki office on Wednesday March 13th 2019 as part of his...
Support W.TEC's Fundraising Campaign
To celebrate International Women's Day (IWD), the online fundraising platform GlobalGiving is offering 6 organisations the chance to win a year-long spot in its Girl Fund. This would provide access to funding for an entire year to the winning organisations. Donate to...
W.TEC Partners IOM to Empower Returnee Migrants for IWD 2019
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Lagos – Nigeria March 8, 2019: On 8 March, the Women’sTechnology Empowerment Center (WTEC) facilitated digital literacy and wedsitedesign sessions at a one day workshop and sensitization event in Ikeja, Lagosfor 25 women, including...
W.TEC is Fundraising for our 2019 She Creates STEM Camps
Dear friends, W.TEC is fundraising for our 2019 She Creates STEM Camps for girls. Thank you for your support of W.TEC over the years. With your help, we have been able to reach out and inspire just over 27,000 girls and women to use technology in more meaningful ways...
W.TEC Marks 2019 Safer Internet Day
Lagos - Nigeria, February 20th Since 2016, W.TEC has marked the Safer Internet Day in Lagos with huge events which has a lasting impact on our youth. For 2019 W.TEC took it a step further from organising just one event to organising 3 events, partnering with...
W.TEC Host SMW Lagos 2019 Event
Lagos – Nigeria February 10, 2018: The Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC) hosted an event at the recently held 2019 Social Media Week Lagos programme. The event tagged: Storytelling Techniques for Amplifying Social Impact fundraising , took place at the...
W.TEC Set To Mark 2019 Safer Internet Day
The Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC) is set to mark the 2019 Safer Internet Day with a line up of activities to make it an impactful one. The “Safer Internet Day” marked annually on the 2nd - Tuesday of...
Ore Takes Barcelona: Internet Governance at ICANN63
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...
W.TEC Rewards Participants of Photography Workshop
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...
A Preview of 2019 at W.TEC
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....
W.TEC Set To Host SMW Lagos 2019 Event
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,...
W.TEC Academy at Ilorin Opens for Second Session
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...
December 2018 Scholarship Opportunities
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 Presents Nkemdilim Uwaje Begho
''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 In The News Q3 & Q4 2018
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...
December Grant Opportunities for STEM
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...
Thank You Intel
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...
W.TEC's Safer Internet Team Returns
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...
W.TEC Honoured By Intel
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...
W.TEC Holds its 1st Girls HERkathon
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...
W.TEC’s 2018 She Creates Empowers 85 Girls With ICT
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...
The Future Is Female – Campaign By W.TEC Featuring Ms Ommo Clark
We are excited to introduce our new campaign; ‘’ The future is female” which is set to interestingly showcase our women...
W.TEC Academy Opens In Ilorin
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...