Description

Girls In ICT Rwanda was born out of the ITU's Girls in ICT Day (girlsinict.org) which was celebrated for the first time in Rwanda in 2012. During the planning period for that event, the women entrepreneurs involved formed a group - Girls in ICT Rwanda - which the Ministry of Youth & ICT pledged to support.

The group’s goal is to improve the current statistics regarding the numbers of women in the ICT sector as well as to alter the stereotype held by many young girls that ICT is a man’s field.

Girls in ICT Rwanda consists of women of all ages working in the field ICT including entrepreneurs, professionals and university students. The group has visited a number of schools in Rwanda including Lycee de Kigali and Gashora Girls School. During these visits, the group’s members speak to teenage girls to encourage them to consider ICT as a career option as well help them to understand and appreciate the importance of developing ICT skills in any career.