Around 450 girls from 21 Moroccan cities have benefited from the 2021 edition of the DigiGirlz program, which aims to support young Moroccan girls to integrate the tech field.
Launched in Morocco back in 2017, more than 1,000 girls have benefited from the program since its creation.
Fatima Aboukir, an official specializing in youth programs at the US Embassy in Rabat, said that the supervisors of this program will work to accompany and train participating girls in the field of programming and designing smartphone apps, within the framework of joint projects between girls in secondary and university education.
Initiated by the Anoual Association, the program is a joint effort between the US Embassy in Morocco and Microsoft Morocco, typically involving workshops and hands-on technology activities on robotics, coding, and video games that offer participants the chance to develop skills they need, to integrate the tech world.
In addition, multiple conferences are organized, including interventions from various industry players and field professionals.
Fatima Aboukir, an official specializing in youth programs at the US Embassy in Rabat, said that the supervisors of this program will work to accompany and train participating girls in the field of programming and designing smartphone apps, within the framework of joint projects between girls in secondary and university education.
This year’s edition was held in Casablanca from November 19 to November 21 and gathered 250 high school girls and 200 university students selected from all over the kingdom.
Souhail Sititou, Project Manager at Anoual Association, said that the mentorship program initiative “contributes greatly to providing real opportunities for girls to prove their capabilities in the field of innovative entrepreneurial startups, by opening the way for them to benefit from training in the digital and technological fields and to bring out innovative projects to into existence.”
In a statement to Hespress AR, Sititou explained that this program focuses on “stimulating the creative abilities of the participating girls, and enabling them to be familiar with the field of modern technologies and programming in order to acquire the skills that allow them to build a successful career path in this field.”
At the end of the weekend, six pre-selected projects from participants will be submitted to a jury, which will announce the winners of this edition.
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