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Panama's science agency SENACYT runs Technovation Girls Panamá, where 200–270+ girls aged 8–18 build AI-powered apps each year; in 2025 the country qualified two teams for the global finals for the first time in the programme's history.
SENACYT is Panama's national secretariat of science, technology and innovation, and serves as the country's official ambassador for Technovation Girls, the global technology-entrepreneurship competition for girls aged 8-18.
Each year, teams of girls spend several months building mobile or web apps that address community problems — education, health, environment, sustainability — often incorporating AI features, mentored by dozens of volunteers (44-50 per cohort).
The programme has grown from roughly 200 participants to more than 270 in its fourth edition (2026); in the 2025 season Panama qualified two teams to the Technovation Girls global finals for the first time — Teen4STEAM, an AI-tutoring STEAM platform, and The Worker Bees.
Caveat: the available evidence is participation- and output-based (project counts, competition advancement) rather than rigorous pre/post learning assessment, and no published data-protection or AI-ethics framework specific to the programme was found.
Read the full analysis: https://www.senacyt.gob.pa/por-primera-vez-panama-tendra-dos-finalistas-globales-en-technovation-girls-2025/
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