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for(her): Coca-Cola–Honeywell–iCog Labs Coding Pipeline for 1,000 Public School Girls

Ethiopia · Addis Ababa · See the Ethiopia profile · See the Addis Ababa profile

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

iCog Labs, Ethiopia's first AI R&D company, partnered with Coca-Cola and Honeywell on the presidentially-backed 'for(her)' initiative, training 1,000 public high-school girls in coding and putting 40 teachers through a training-of-trainers programme.

1,000
Students trained (2023)
40
Teachers trained (training-of-trainers) (2023)
40 girls
Earlier 'Anyone Can Code' cohort (Scratch/Robosapien, with US Embassy)

Details

Maturity
Pilot
Promoter
iCog Labs (iCog Anyone Can Code), Coca-Cola Beverages Africa Ethiopia, Honeywell
Period
2023
Keywords
education, AI literacy, digital skills, gender equality, teacher training

Context

In 2023, iCog Labs — Ethiopia's first dedicated AI research and development company, through its iCog Anyone Can Code (iCog-ACC) training arm — partnered with Coca-Cola Beverages Africa Ethiopia and Honeywell to launch the 'for(her)' initiative, also known as 'Girls Can Code', with the backing of then-President Sahle-Work Zewde.

Objectives

The programme aimed to deliver basic computer and programming training to public high-school students to build employability and entrepreneurship skills, alongside a training-of-trainers track to expand teachers' pedagogical capacity and income opportunities.

Activities

The programme delivered training to 1,000 students at public high schools across Ethiopia and ran a training-of-trainers track for 40 teachers, building on an earlier iCog Labs 'Anyone Can Code' cohort with the US Embassy that trained 40 girls in Scratch programming and humanoid-robot control.

Results

Ethiopian press coverage confirms the participant and teacher-training counts and the corporate/government partnership, but the evidence documents reach and programme design rather than measured learning gains, since no source reports pre/post learning assessments.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Low (< €50k)
Time to results
Short (< 1 year)
Staffing & skills
iCog Labs trainers (iCog Anyone Can Code), corporate partners Coca-Cola Beverages Africa Ethiopia and Honeywell, 40 trained teacher-trainers

Conditions for success

  • presidential-level backing (then-President Sahle-Work Zewde)
  • corporate-NGO partnership structure (iCog Labs, Coca-Cola, Honeywell)
  • a training-of-trainers track intended to sustain teaching capacity beyond the initial cohort

Common failure modes

  • no pre/post learning assessment documented
  • only a single reported 1,000-student cohort (2023) with no follow-up cohort or continuation funding documented
  • no AI-ethics or data-protection curriculum component documented

Where it fits

Governance type
corporate-NGO partnership with presidential backing
Scale
national (Ethiopia)
Income level
low-income (Ethiopia)

Commonly funded by

Own resources / municipal budget Philanthropic / foundation funding

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