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Women Running Tech Sector In Senegal

Women Running Tech Sector In Senegal

From BBC News

Coudy Binta De’s eyes light up when she talks about how she first became fascinated with computers.

The 24-year-old says that as a young girl she went to visit her mother in work at one of the Senegalese government’s first computer departments.

“Seeing those big computers, with their black screens and green text, was just amazing for me,” says Ms De, who was inspired to grow up and become a computer engineer in Senegal.

With women holding less than 30 percent of information technology (IT) sector jobs around the world, encouraging and helping more people likeĀ  De get work in the industry has long been an aim for policymakers and equality campaigners alike.

And perhaps unsurprisingly, the percentage of women working in IT across Africa is even lower than the global average.

 

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