[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre hosted her pioneer Make Her Space webinar to train young girls and women on Web design using Mobirise with no fee attached to it. The webinar which was held on Friday, 15th of May 2020,...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] As a means to celebrate this year’s International Girls in ICT day, the Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC) organized a webinar for young girls interested in digital tools and digital skills. The Women's Technology...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Dear friend, I hope you are doing well during this tough period. It’s not an easy time but any stretch of the imagination. We ended 2019 at W.TEC on such a high and had even greater hopes for 2020 that none of us could have predicted...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Past trainees and participants of W.TEC programmes graduate into the W.TEC Alumna Network. This network provides ongoing learning and mentoring opportunities, activities such as annual reunions and access to dedicated member-only...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Women's Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC) - Nigeria will be celebrating International Girls in ICT Day in collaboration with COMPSUDEV - Cameroon with a special webinar. As a result of the pandemic, many schools around the...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Miss Ayomide Omoniyi a former SIWES (student internship work experience scheme)makes a come-back at W.TEC, she shares with us her interesting work experience her second time around. Lets go through her wonderful work experience...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The WSIS Prizes 2020 is an exceptional international recognition of WSIS Stakeholders as Winners and Champions for their excellence in supporting the implementation of WSIS outcomes, in particular WSIS Action Lines supporting...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Tarere Eyimina is our new Research and Documentation Officer, she shares with us her experience working at W.TEC for the very first time in January this year. This is her story; My name is Tarere Eyimina and I joined W.TEC in...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We marked the 2020 International Women's Day with a couple of events in Offa and Ilorin in Kwara State. These impactful events were led by our the handlers of our after-school computer programme for girls in Kwara State who hosted...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] On February 28th, the Women's Technology Empowerment Centre hosted a panel at the annual social media week in Lagos. Our panel started with the moderator, our Executive Director - Oreoluwa Somolu Lesi presenting a survey that was...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] We are now accepting applications for a Trainer Volunteer with our new program tagged "Make Her Space". We urge you to share this information with anyone you believe will be interested in this information. Start Date: April, 2020...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Press Release: W.TEC Hosts 2020 Social Media Week Event. Lagos – Nigeria March 1, 2020: The Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC)hosted an event at the Social Media Week Lagos 2020.The event which was tagged: “Women Build...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] W.TEC is hiring a new Programme Assistant for her She Creates Camp. The following is the main duties for the position. Job Description: The Programme Assistant is primarily responsible for providing adequate support in the planning,...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The "Girl Fund Campaign" by GlobalGiving is here again. The annual campaign, solicit donations for organisations working to accelerate the equality of women around the world. Organisations with the highest donations during the ...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] W.TEC Academy in Kwara State had a big one on Thursday February 12, holding their regular after school computer classes in 13 schools across the State and organizing W.TEC’s 2020 Safer Internet Day event. Our Safer Internet Day...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Lagos – Nigeria February, 2020: The Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC) is set to hold an event at the upcoming 2020 Social Media Week Lagos program. This will be W.TEC’s 7th straight year at SMW Lagos. SMW Event...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I learnt a song when I was younger and the chorus rang "It's a small world after all..." I can't remember any of the other words. These lyrics came back to me when I visited Port Elizabeth in South Africa, as part of a study visit...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Time Magazine asked Tim Berners-Lee, Madeleine Albright, Michelle Bachelet, and other prominent personalities to write to a young person or people of their own choosing. These prominent personalities were chosen because they have...
Yay! We are excited to announce the nomination of W.TEC for the World Summit on the Information Society Prizes 2020 also known as the WSIS Prizes. W.TEC is nominated in the 3rd category of the awards (C3: Access to information and knowledge) alongside 19 other...
The year 2019 has indeed been a marvelous one for W.TEC with so much awards, nominations and emergence as finalist in a couple of award programmes. We are excited about these honours and wish to share them with you: NEDIS Recognition Award: W.TEC won the innugural...
Dear friends, The 2019 camp season has come and gone and ended on an unbelievably high note. Again, it was another year of some memorable firsts!! (Click here to read full 2019 Q3 Report by our ED) Over the last 3 months, W.TEC: Completed the 2019 She Creates Camp...
Participants of Lagos-Mainland Camp Pose for a Group Photograph Before their Camp Excursion to UNILAG Radio & Television. One of the major achievements of the Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre – W.TEC in 2019 was the expansion of her She Creates Camps to 4...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Lagos – Nigeria November 2019 In November 2019, W.TEC commenced her 2019 - 16 Days of Activism program for the Elimination of Violence against Women and girls. W.TEC supports the movement annually with a series of Safer Internet...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Press Release: November 29 2019, Lagos Nigeria The Women's Technology Empowerment Centre - W.TEC was among winners announced at the 2019 EQUALS in Tech Awards held on Wednesday November 27 at a gala awards ceremony at Berlin’s...
By Oreoluwa Lesi I think it's important to continually expand and deepen one's field of knowledge. And being a social entrepreneur for the last dozen odd years, means that I have sought out books, articles, podcasts, interviews and other opportunities to learn more...
Yesterday we presented awards to participants of our Girls Voices for Change Program at Lagos City College, Sabo – Yaba, Lagos. The gifts presented to our participants were an award from our workshop-partners, Girls' Voices for Change to support their education with...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Press Release: October 31st 2019 Lagos - Nigeria The STEAMHer Series, a monthly STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Maths) training program for secondary schools has taken-off in Lagos. This is an initiative of the...
The year 2019 has indeed been a marvelous one for W.TEC with so much awards, nominations and emergance as finalist in a couple of award programmes. We are excited about these honours and wish to share them with you: NEDIS Recognisiton Award: W.TEC won the innugural...
The Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC) is excited to announce the appointment of her Executive Director, Mrs. Oreoluwa Lesi to the Advisory Board of BudgIT,a civil organisation that uses technology to simplify the budget, and matters of public spending for...
Participants of She Creates Lagos-Mainland Camp, show-off the medals they won for their work camp #SheCreates2020 Wins Project of the Month Status on GlobalGivinghttps://www.globalgiving.org/project-of-the-month-club/ We are indeed honored to have our She Creates 2020...