Women Pivoting Resilience In the Digital Economy in Africa (WomenPRIDE.Africa) is an initiative of Women in Technology in Nigeria(WITIN) which equips women and girls to thrive in the digital economy via three pivotal pillars: In-demand digital skills training; urban-rural partnerships & empowerment; and meaningful access and adoption advocacy. A five-year action plan(2020 – 2025) in partnership with the ITU Girls in ICT and Partner2Connect coalition. In 2020 pilot for young women and girls, 120 participants adversely impacted by the COVID lockdown were trained on starting up small businesses as front-end developers, who began to build websites immediately after the training. In 2021 pilot for rural women, the initiative sensitized and surveyed face-to-face 1200 under-connected and unconnected marginalized women who live in digitally disadvantaged communities across the six geopolitical zones in Nigeria; for rural-urban partnerships and empowerment. WITIN also works closely with telecom regulators for consumer awareness advocacy as well as engage stakeholders to influence relevant policies both locally and internationally. This initiative would immensely eradicate hunger and poverty while bridging the digital gender divide in Africa.

https://WomenPRIDE.Africa

• Africa

The project would be replicated across some African countries where we have partners who have signified interest

Through partnerships and donor grants, the project would be sustained. Training fees would also be charged to some participants.
Our activities are improved and fine-tuned from time to time with the evaluation of progress regularly to keep abreast recent updates and ideas, building capacity of the entire team coupled with the development of a good marketing and communication plan. The success stories of trainees of our projects would be showcased online to inspire prospective beneficiaries and attract future grants

The project is people-centric, inclusive, with a strong orientation towards development . It upholds human rights