« AGCCI - African Girls Can Code Initiative» is a parternship between UN Women, Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
This initiative aims to train and give awareness for more than 2000 young girls from the African continent on digital tools (coding, website design and mobile apps development, robotics) in order to help them follow studies related to digital. On the other hand this initiative aims to empower women and reduce the gap on gender inequality.

It is in this context that UN Women Niger with the financial support of Kingdom of Belgium and in collaboration with ministries in charge of education and women plan to train 50 girls in Niamey (Niger) during a 2 weeks coding camp from december 26th to january 6th.

Objectives

• Reduce the digital divide and gender inequality by providing training path on digital tools for women based on "learning by doing" concept.
  
  
• Empower girls and women by providing a safe environnement where they can develop their soft-skills and hard-skills.
  
  
• Facilitate access to education and job market, so that girls and women can contribute to the development of Africa with the help of ICT.