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AGCCI Bamako — AU–UN Women's AI, Robotics and Coding Camp for 50 Young Malian Women

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Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 56% 47/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

In April 2023, the African Union and UN Women's African Girls Can Code Initiative trained about 50 Malian women aged 17-25 in Bamako on AI, robotics, web programming and algorithms, backed by three government ministries and Belgian funding.

50 women
Participants trained (2023)
AGCCI Bamako — AU–UN Women's AI, Robotics and Coding Camp for 50 Young Malian Women

Details

Maturity
Scaling
Promoter
African Union Commission & UN Women (African Girls Can Code Initiative), with the Government of Belgium
Period
April 2023
Keywords
gender equality, digital skills, AI literacy, coding, youth employment

Context

AU–UN Women's AGCCI ran a two-week residential camp in Bamako (April 2023) training about 50 Malian women aged 17–25 in coding, AI, robotics and algorithms, backed by three Malian ministries and Belgian funding.

Results

Reporting is descriptive only: participant counts and curriculum were publicised, but no follow-up survey of employment or skill gains has been published.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Low (< €50k)
Time to results
Short (< 1 year)
Staffing & skills
African Union Commission and UN Women programme staff, Mali Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Mali Ministry for the Promotion of Women, Children and Family, Mali Ministry of Information and Communication Technologies

Conditions for success

  • Belgian donor co-financing sustained across AGCCI phases
  • host-ministry coordination across three government departments

Common failure modes

  • no independent follow-up tracking of participants after the camp

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