The Impact
WE LINKED 80% OF OUR FIRST COHORT to jobs. internships and scholarships. PREVIOUS STUDENTS HAVE ALSO COME BACK TO FACILITATE NEW COHORTS.
Our previous cohorts has resulted in graduates going on to work internationally for Tata and locally at Trustful Trade, Kanzu Code and Laboremus.
We have just finished running our current cohort through COVID-19. Normally students come to the Innovation Village to participate but this became impossible after lock down. We thought we would have to shut the program down due to lack of infrastructure many of these young women face; they can’t afford laptops & data. Despite the challenges, 50% of them managed to show up online every day through agility, resilience, resourcefulness and commitment. They learnt new skills and completed a hackathon challenge set by Safe Boda (our previous partners include Prudential Uganda and Fenix International). We are now working on linking successful graduates to opportunities that include internships, jobs and scholarships. And once lock down ends, we look forward to reserving those that are just not able to make it online.
Success stories
With a background in micro financing small businesses, Sandra Nanteza speaks with us about how she is using the skills she learnt through the Code Queen program and why it was important to her to be a facilitator.
Eva Mirembe talks to us about what inspired her to pursue a career in programming through the Code Queen initiative.