General News of Wednesday, 10 March 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comDedicate yourselves to coding as it is the future of work - ABCDE urges young girlsSome of the girls with Shirley Kum from Vivo EnergyThirty young girls selected from schools from Accra and Kumasi are benefiting from a 6-weeks coding program under the V-STEM project, as a way of bridging the gap between male and female coders in the country. The project, sponsored by Vivo Energy Ghana is being spearheaded by a partnership between the African Business Center for Developing Education (ABCDE) and the Soronko Academy. He explained that the future of work requires for IT-inclined people and for girls especially, gaining such knowledge will give them an added advantage to compete. She added that as part of the steps to do that, it decided to partner with ABCDE who also have an agreement with Soronko Academy to advance the teaching of coding for these young girls. Fifteen of the girls are expected to receive their training in Kumasi, working in partnership with some IT Hubs in the city.

Source: GhanaWeb March 10, 2021 16:52 UTC