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TechWomen visit Khayelitsha, Cape Town

Twitter’s engineering vice president says their goal is to inspire girls around the world to pursue careers in science, technology and maths Nandini Ramani along with 40 women in technology from around the world met with promising girl coders in Khayelitsha today The group from tech women – held a gathering at lookout…

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Top women in technology in Cape to inspire girls.

At school they are often called “geeks” but not yesterday. Friends of Thato Miya, 13, Karabo Tau, 12, and Mia Lewis, 12, were green with jealousy when they had the opportunity to some of the world’s most prominent women in technology innovation. Twitter vice president for engineering, Nandini Ramani, was one of the…

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Twitter VP brings the buzz to Khayelitsha

ASPIRING young female computer coders from Khayelitsha had the opportunity of a lifetime when they exchanged business ideas and social media tricks with Twitter vice president for engineering, Nandini Ramani. The coders were pupils from the Centre of Science and Technology School (Cosat). They are part of Girl Hype, an initiative that helps…

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Cape Town girls get with the program

Wannabe girl coders in Cape Town got programming lessons straight out of Silicon Valley when they were visited by women from some of the world’s biggest technology companies yesterday. The group of about 40 women, including professionals from companies Symantec, Juniper Networks and social media giant Twitter, are part of a touring US-based…

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