Miss Geek Africa

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Miss Geek Africa is an African competition for girls and young women between the ages of 13 and 25 who are dedicated to solving everyday technological problems on site and which was originally held for the first time in 2014 as Miss Geek Rwanda . From 2017 the contest established itself under the name Miss Geek Africa in 16 and from 2018 in 22 countries in Africa. The participants who are elected to the first three places receive cash prizes and institutional training. The winner will also receive further financial support.

The competition was created to arouse interest in MINT subjects among young women in Africa and to choose them as a career goal.

Prize winners

Miss Geek Rwanda

  • 2014 - Nancy Sibo - developed an app that enables animal owners to monitor the pregnancy of their cows and their milk productivity.
  • In 2015 - Vanessa Mutesi - developed an application she called Rwanda Online Open School , which provides tools for promoting distance learning for students.
  • 2016 - Raisin Mwiseneza - developed an irrigation app that enables farmers to monitor the humidity of their soils and to switch on the irrigation systems automatically when it is dry.

Miss Geek Africa

  • 2017 - Ruth Njeri Waiganjo from Kenya - developed a Safe Drive app for road traffic that increases protection against accidents.
  • 2018 - Salissou Hassane Latifa from Niger - developed software based on the Saro App , a "First Responder" app that gives emergency services initial information on the type of possible deployment on the way to the locations. The first three winners received cash prizes and professional support for further training.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Fresh From Rwanda, Miss Geek Africa Becomes Heroine at Home (en-US) . In: KT PRESS , May 25, 2018. 
  2. ↑ Miss Geek Africa Competition Expands to Many African States (en-US) . In: Tech In Africa , January 30, 2018. 
  3. ↑ More African countries to participate in Miss Geek contest ( en-US ) CGTN Africa.
  4. ↑ a b c Lauren Gambino: Brilliance overtakes beauty as Ms Geek Africa spotlights tech genius | Lauren Gambino ( en ) May 28, 2018.
  5. ↑ Rwanda is pushing gender diversity in tech. Should Silicon Valley take notes? (en-US) . In: SFChronicle.com , January 14, 2018. 
  6. ↑ a b Salisou Hassan Latifa du Niger couronnée Miss Geek Africa 2018 (fr-FR) . In: Financial Afrik , May 10, 2018. 
  7. ↑ Kylie Kiunguyu: Africa: Ms Geek Africa Is Encouraging Girls From Across Africa to Use Technology to Improve Everyday Life . In: This is Africa (Hilversum) , May 29, 2018. 
  8. ↑ Ms Geek: Meet the girls that could drive Rwanda's tech revolution ( en-US ) News of Rwanda.
  9. ^ Ms. Geek: Celebrating three years of success (en) . In: The New Times | Rwanda , April 27, 2016. 
  10. ↑ Nasra Bishumba: Rwanda: The Women of 2015 . In: The New Times (Kigali) , December 17, 2015. 
  11. ↑ Finalists for Miss Geek Africa Released (en-US) . In: KT PRESS , April 24, 2017. 
  12. ^ Rwandan Orphans Find Hope in Innovative Youth Village . In: National Geographic , November 8, 2017. 
  13. ↑ a b Kenyan Waiganjo crowned Miss Geek Africa 2017 (en) . In: The New Times | Rwanda , May 13, 2017. 
  14. ↑ Julius Bizimungu: Africa: Nigerien Salissou Crowned Miss Geek Africa 2018 . In: The New Times (Kigali) , May 10, 2018. 
  15. ↑ Salisou Hassan Latifa du Niger couronnée Miss Geek Africa 2018 (fr-FR) . In: Financial Afrik , May 10, 2018.