- Women are underrepresented in STEAM education and lack role models in the field
- Young women represent 7 to 12 % of engineering students in Africa
- Most girls “self select out of STEAM education because they do not feel they belong and they often carry additional family responsibilities
- Africa accounts for less than 10% of the world’s internet users with nearly 45% fewer women than men having access the Internet in Sub-Saharan Africa
- There is an urgent need to close the gender gap in STEM education in Africa
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