Six Nigerian women have made the country proud again by winning the TechWomen 2015 Action Plan Pitch competition held at the Google Headquarters, Mountain View, California. The competition which involved teams from twenty (20) other countries from Africa, Central Asia and the Middle East was part of a 5-week TechWomen exchange program organized by the United States Department of State.

The "Action Plan" is an activity recently introduced to the programme to give the participants opportunity to collaborate on a joint project to give back to their community when they return to their respective home countries. Six winning teams were selected from twenty groups and awarded a seed grant of $2,500 each to execute the project. The Nigerian team took the first position with their Action Plan called “STEM in a box”. While presenting the award to the team on the 27th of October 2015, Toro Orero, Managing Partner, DraperDarkFlow said “The Nigerian team not only won at the panel, but also won the audience votes.”

The Nigerian women who participated in the just concluded 2015 TechWomen programme are Desiree Craig, Olasimbo Sojinrin, Omolara Aladesanmi, Abiola Ilupeju, Abiola Amos and Mercy Sosanya. - See more and read complete story at: http://www.exlinklodge.com/2015/11/ladies-making-us-proud-nigerian-team-of.html#sthash.qPsACXXb.dpuf



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Congratulations!!!

Congratulations,, Girl Power

Who won Cyberlympics?

Gud for dem

Cool stuff......... Ladies are the future of ICT. I simply hope they can recognise that...........*smiles*

Anyway, Hack.ERS from Netherlands won the 2015 Glaobal Cyberlympics (the fifth time they're doing so). Sector C from Netherlands came in second.... While Ctrl+Alt+Del of USA came third.

Last edition's winners were from USA, Team Pawdawn. But they couldn't "defend their title".

Team Hawx Of Nigeria (Africa's Hacking Champs) and Team Naija of Niheria (Africa's no 2) did their best but couldn't finish in the top 4-5.

Hopefully more ladies take up the S.T.E.M gauntlet....*smiles*

congratulations girls, keep making the nation proud