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Hacking Africa’s next tech geniuses

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Season 2, Episode 2

和每十个新工作中有九个2030年，预计将需要数字技能，尤其是非洲的毕业生，尤其是年轻女性 - 没有信息和通信技术培训。尼日利亚计算机科学家Unoma Okorafor正在努力改变这一点。

本周关于非洲科学的重点，我们了解了Working to Advance African Women基金会通过黑客马拉松，指导计划和计划的网络，为女孩提供未来的科学和技术技能research academies for girls这将支持非洲大陆的下一代技术天才和思想领袖。

非洲科学重点, with Michael Kaloki.

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