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What is AfriTech?

AfriTech began as a transformative fellowship program designed to elevate womxn across diverse industries by equipping them with technical, leadership, and personal wellness skills.

Today, AfriTech has evolved into a broader association committed to building a thriving ecosystem for womxn in technology and innovation across Africa. At the heart of this association is the AfriTech Fellowship, our flagship program, which continues to empower emerging leaders through intensive skill-building and community support.

Complementing the Fellowship is AfriTech Connect—a platform dedicated to ongoing engagement, collaboration, and opportunities for our growing network of alumnae and partners. Together, these two pillars represent our mission to foster long-term impact, community, and innovation.

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"This fellowship has given me the opportunity to learn and develop new skills. Without AfriTech, I would never have met this wonderful group of women. Those women make you do incredible things. I am delighted to belong to this community."
Natacha Lourde AfriTech Alum 22/23 - Cohort 1
Natacha Lourde

Core Themes

Spatial Technology

Spatial or Geospatial Technology, or GIS, is a technology-supported approach for integrating knowledge by location. GIS is central to developing spatial thinking, enabling us to apply insights from the relatedness of information in space and time to our work and the world around us. GIS provides a more significant opportunity for understanding and providing a deeper context for decision-making.

Inclusive Leadership

Inclusive leadership is an approach that promotes diversity, invites and welcomes everyone's contribution, and encourages full engagement with decision-making and shaping reality. Inclusive leaders are individuals aware of their biases that actively seek and consider different perspectives to collaborate more effectively with others.

Wellness

Wellness is defined as being in good health, mainly as an actively pursued goal, and this aspect is often disregarded by many or placed last on priority lists. However, contrary to what many people think, wellness is more than physical, and it comprises eight mutually co-dependent dimensions: emotional, physical, occupational, social, spiritual, intellectual, environmental, and financial.

Project Management

Project management involves steering a project from the start through its lifecycle. The main objective of project management is to achieve project goals within the established time, budget, and quality standards. One is better equipped to plan future endeavors if one possesses project management skills and understands the project life cycle.
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Our logo, Our Story

Afri stands for Africa, as our target is womxn from the African continent or of African descent. Tech stands for technology. Indeed, one core theme of the fellowship is to deliver technological courses to equip fellows with various skill sets. 

The silhouettes at the top of the logo represent two womxn. One who is already in the tech world, helping another one to join her and help bring a change. 

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Women Empowered

"Being an AfriTech fellow in 2022 was amazing; I learned about GIS and discovered how to understand Earth and how its physical processes and features can shape human activity and vice versa. I met intelligent, inspiring, amazing people, leaders, and speakers throughout the different sessions and discovered that I also contribute to the GIS system. Thank you, the AfriTech Fellowship Team."
Catherine RemillahAfriTech Alum 22/23 - Cohort 1
Catherine Remillah
Impact Reports
Sponsors and Supporters
The logo of Ripple Association
The logo of Northstar of GIS
The logo of Women in Tech Mauritius
The logo of Geospatial Equity Tech
The logo of XEM Counseling and Consulting
The logo of ESRI South Africa
“I would like to thank the Afritech Team for their wonderful job of creating a community where womxn in STEAM will be more confident and ready to take leadership roles.”
Ryana CandenAfriTech Alum 23 - Cohort 2
Ryana Canden

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