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Connected African Girls Coding Camp — AI, Robotics & IoT Skills for Young Women in Windhoek, Namibia

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Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 58% 47/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

A two-week ECA/UN Women/ITU coding camp in Windhoek trained 100 Namibian girls (12–25) in robotics, IoT, 3D printing and AI-linked design, while roughly 2,000 more joined virtually from across Africa — the first edition hosted in Namibia.

~100
In-person participants (Aug 2022)
~2000
Remote participants (Aug 2022)
Connected African Girls Coding Camp — AI, Robotics & IoT Skills for Young Women in Windhoek, Namibia

Details

Maturity
Pilot
Promoter
UN Economic Commission for Africa, UN Women, ITU & Government of Namibia (Ministry of ICT), Telecom Namibia
Period
16–24 August 2022
Keywords
girls education, AI literacy, digital skills, gender equality, ICT

Context

In August 2022, Windhoek hosted the 5th edition of the AGCCI Connected African Girls Coding Camp — the first in Namibia — with ~100 girls and young women aged 12-25 attending in person and ~2,000 more following remotely, covering animation, web development, IoT/robotics and 3D printing.

Results

The camp closed with an innovation fair; across the four editions preceding Namibia's, AGCCI cohorts had produced 198 prototypes, 40 of which were recognised for community impact.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Low (< €50k)
Time to results
Short (< 1 year)
Staffing & skills
UNECA, UN Women and ITU programme staff, Namibia Ministry of ICT and Telecom Namibia coordinators

Conditions for success

  • multi-agency coordination
  • hybrid in-person/remote delivery to extend reach

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Philanthropic / foundation funding

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