Teenage girls in Ghana learn to code

Currently, it seems that the majority of the stories you hear about the role of women in Africa either deal with the abduction of Nigerian girls by the soldiers of Boko Haram, or the limited access most girls have to equitable education. However,  there are encouraging stories demonstrating that many girls in Africa are being given chances to become engaged in their education.  For example, in the slum called Nima, in the Ghana capital of Accra, several teenaged girls are enrolled in classes teaching them to code.  Read more about this story here
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This image was captured by @pkopoku during our @Techneedsgirls workshop in the slum in Nima #AfricanChildDay pic.twitter.com/SPJ71zWmlV
— Regina Agyare (@ragyare) June 16, 2014