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Los Angeles is using AI to predict who might become homeless and help before they do

Jennifer Ludden

October 04, 2023 |

NPR |

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Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

The Homelessness Prevention Unit of the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services launched a pilot program that uses artificial intelligence to make predictions about who is most likely to experience homelessness by tracking data like arrests, sign-ups for public benefits like food aid and emergency room visits so the county can step in to offer help before that happens. In over two years, the program has helped 560 people secure housing and avoid homelessness and a large majority of them have managed to maintain that housing.

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A woman-led initiative grooming STEM passion in Nigeria's north

Rejoice Taddy

August 17, 2023 |

Prime Progress |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Gombe

Bloom Innovations or Bloom4STEM aims to inspire youth — particularly girls aged six to 15 — to pursue STEM education and careers to combat the shortage of female tech professionals in the area. Bloom4STEM visits local schools to introduce coding to students and teach them about web development, robotics and mobile app creation and also hosts mentoring sessions to help foster collaboration and personal and educational growth.

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Danish School Builds Network For Refugee, Migrant Women In Technology

Lilly Kersh

June 04, 2023 |

Grady Newsource |

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Response Location: Denmark, Copenhagen

The ReDI School of Digital Integration offers free technology classes to women with migrant and refugee backgrounds, as well as career resources such as mentorships, company visits, talent matching, and internship opportunities. More than 500 students have participated in the school's Denmark-based programs.

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BitLab Innovation Hub is influencing STEM education among out-of-school children in Taraba

Yahuza Abdulkadir

April 19, 2023 |

Social Voices |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Taraba State

BitLab Innovation Hub offers a STEM program geared at out-of-school children, which provides hands-on training to prepare them for careers in technology. The school has trained 105 children so far.

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KC group wants to give Black children the skills to succeed in tech

Mili Mansaray

April 03, 2023 |

The Kansas City Beacon |

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Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

WeCodeKC offers educational training and mentorship to help Black and brown students from low-income neighborhoods break into the tech industry. Participants can learn different programming languages, build their own robots, work on cybersecurity projects, get help with internship and job searches, and more.

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How Osun NGO is Driving Digital Literacy Among Female Students

Taiwo Fatola

March 27, 2023 |

BONews |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Osogbo, Osun

The Osun Girls Can Code program provides young women with a week of hands-on training in website development, app development, and coding to help bridge the access gap to technology-related jobs in Nigeria.

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Deaf in Tech: How Data Lead Africa is actioning inclusiveness of PLWDs in the workplace

Gabriel Oke

December 22, 2022 |

Social Voices |

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Response Location: Nigeria

Data Lead Africa offers a training program specifically designed to help prepare Deaf people for careers in technology and data analysis. Students are provided laptops with assistive technology and sign language interpreters who facilitate the training.

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Code Plateau is enhancing digital skills of youths but brain drain poses a threat to sustainability

Johnstone Kpilaakaa

October 13, 2022 |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Plateau State

Code Plateau is a fellowship designed to teach young adults digital skills like digital marketing, software engineering, and data science to help them secure good jobs and help the country into a leading digital economy. Since the fellowship began in 2019, it has trained over 1,000 people.

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An Initiative is introducing coding and programming languages into Nigeria's education curriculum

Abdulwasiu Mujeeb

October 12, 2022 |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Kwara

KidsThatCode offers weekend programs and summer boot camps to teach Nigerian children coding and programming languages. More than 2,000 students have participated since 2017.

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Abuja startup training children robotics, coding for free

Mustapha Usman

September 02, 2022 |

International Centre for Investigative Reporting |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Abuja

The free summer boot camp organized by the Dumena Foundation teaches young students how to build and design circuits and also educates them in tech fields like robotics, engineering, and programming. Since launching in 2019, the organization has trained over 3,000 students across 22 schools in the region in order to bridge the gap in tech education and get students on track for careers in the field.

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