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Girls in ICT Day 2026 — Mozambique's INCM Puts Artificial Intelligence at the Centre of Its National Celebration

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Mozambique's telecoms regulator INCM marked International Girls in ICT Day 2026 in Maputo with an AI-themed programme — public talks plus afternoon mentoring for about 30 selected girls — explicitly framed around closing the country's gender gap in technology careers.

~30 girls
Girls in the afternoon mentoring track (23-24 April 2026)

Details

Maturity
Established
Promoter
Instituto Nacional das Comunicações de Moçambique (INCM), with ITU
Period
23-24 April 2026
Keywords
AI education, ICT/STEM outreach, gender equality

Context

International Girls in ICT Day is a global observance led by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), held on the fourth Thursday of April; the 2026 edition ran under the theme 'AI for Development: Girls Shaping the Digital Future.'

Activities

Mozambique's Instituto Nacional das Comunicações (INCM), the national telecoms regulator, marked the day with a Maputo event around 23–24 April 2026. INCM Chairperson Helena Fernandes framed the initiative around girls' continued underrepresentation in technology education and careers. A morning session open to the public covered AI, geospatial intelligence, digital skills and innovation, followed by an afternoon mentoring track for roughly 30 pre-registered girls, which also promoted INCM's ThinkLab technology incubator.

Conclusions

Coverage from TechAfrica News and TechReview Africa documents the event's occurrence, stated aims and organiser quotes, but neither source reports participant assessment data, follow-up tracking, or measured skills or employment outcomes. The event sits alongside Mozambique's broader African Girls Can Code Initiative (AGCCI) camp — 100 girls in Beira in June 2026 — though that programme's coverage did not confirm AI-specific content.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Low (< €50k)
Time to results
Short (< 1 year)
Staffing & skills
Instituto Nacional das Comunicações de Moçambique (INCM), ITU (International Telecommunication Union)

Conditions for success

  • National telecoms regulator branding and chairperson-level backing
  • Linked to INCM's existing ThinkLab technology incubator for continuity beyond the single-day event

Common failure modes

  • No participant assessment, follow-up tracking or measured skills/employment outcomes published

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National / regional programmes ESF+ — European Social Fund Plus

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