Exconc Studios Services, creator of Flinger Nose
comics, is proud to be associated with Africa Code Week. From the 18th-25th, 0ctober
2017, we shall be Introducing coding to
500,000 young Africans aged between 8 to 24years across 35 countries.
Spearheaded by SAP in 2015 as part of
its social investments to drive sustainable growth in Africa, Africa Code Week
is the story of hundreds of schools, teachers, governments and nonprofits
getting together to bridge the digital and gender skills gap in Africa. Their
goal: empower the young generation with the coding skills they need to thrive
in the 21st
century.
Half
a million youth engaged so far
With 426,000 young Africans introduced to coding in
2016 alone, not to mention 10 Governments and hundreds of partners on board
already, Africa Code Week is not just one of the largest digital literacy
initiatives ever organized on the African continent; it is also living proof
that public-private partnerships are the key to drive sustainable change in the
digital age. This vision is fully in line with the African Development Bank’s
conclusion that “the scale of the youth unemployment problem in Africa requires
bold, ambitious approaches (that leverage) strong partnerships to bring
coherence and scale to youth employment interventions across the continent.”
