Why coding?

At 64%, Uganda has the highest youth unemployment rates in the world.  Urban youth are four times more likely to be unemployed than rural youth. Female youth are twice as likely to be unemployed compared to male youth (The Brookings Institute, Washington)

Africa is home to 1.2billion people and 7 out of the world’s 10 fastest growing internet populations (GSMA)

Software engineering is now the world’s most in demand profession. here are five open jobs for every software developer looking for one in the U.S. alone. In the EU it is estimated that there will be a shortage of over 560,000 ICT professionals by 2020 (The Financial Times)

Established giants such as Facebook (19%), Google (20%), Apple (23%), Microsoft (19%) and Twitter (17%) struggle to employ women (The Financial Times)