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African Girls Can Code Initiative — UN Women's Coding, Robotics and AI Camp for Young Women in Bubanza Province, Burundi

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UN Women, Burundi's government and the African Union ran a two-week residential coding camp in Bubanza Province, certifying 102 girls in algorithmic thinking, web development and Scratch animation, part of the pan-African AGCCI initiative, funded by Belgium.

102 girls
Girls certified in coding (Bubanza camp) (December 2023)
20,000+
Young women and girls trained continent-wide since AGCCI's 2019 launch
African Girls Can Code Initiative — UN Women's Coding, Robotics and AI Camp for Young Women in Bubanza Province, Burundi

Details

Maturity
Scaling
Promoter
UN Women Burundi; Burundi Ministry of Communication, Information Technologies and Media; African Union Commission
Period
December 2023 (ongoing initiative, Phase III 2026)
Keywords
gender equality, digital skills, coding, robotics, youth training

Context

Launched in 2018 by UN Women, the African Union Commission and the ITU, the African Girls Can Code Initiative (AGCCI) targets Africa's gender gap in technology careers, where women are under-represented in tech-sector jobs despite strong STEM graduation rates.

Objectives

Burundi's second AGCCI cohort aimed to give teenage and young-adult girls a residential introduction to algorithmic thinking, web development and Scratch-based animation.

Activities

From 11-23 December 2023, Burundi's Ministry of Communication, Information Technologies and Media, UN Women Burundi and the African Union Commission jointly ran a two-week residential camp in Bubanza Province, funded by the Kingdom of Belgium, culminating in project presentations at graduation.

Results

102 young girls were certified in coding at the close of the camp, and the model has since repeated with a third Burundian phase in Gitega province in March 2026.

Conclusions

Participation and certification figures are self-reported by the implementing ministry and UN Women without independent audit, and no employment or further-study outcomes for the Burundian cohort have been found.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Medium (€50k–€500k)
Time to results
Short (< 1 year)
Staffing & skills
Burundi Ministry of Communication, Information Technologies and Media (co-organiser), UN Women Burundi programme staff, African Union Commission co-organisers

Conditions for success

  • Multi-stakeholder co-organisation across national ministry, UN Women and the African Union Commission
  • Dedicated external funding (Kingdom of Belgium) covering the residential camp format
  • Residential, intensive two-week format enabling a full coding-to-project curriculum

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