Women in Digital Media! The next big thing in Ghana through Women’s Haven Africa and Ghana Tech Lab
Women’s Haven Africa is an innovative entrepreneurial female hub creating a friendly and productive environment for the growth and development of women led businesses, projects, and initiatives. Women’s Haven Africa provides business support services, connects innovative young women, startups, women-led organizations and women leaders with the business support, tools, and resources to thrive. Women’s Haven Africa seeks to produce an empowered and influential community of female innovators who provide viable and sustainable solutions for various challenges faced in the world and is focused on increasing the participation of women in Entrepreneurship, Leadership and Technology.
Women’s Haven Africa in partnership with Ghana Tech Lab opened applications over two weeks to receive applicantions for the Digital Media Base Program. The program at Women’s Haven Africa received over 40 applications and were sorted with a specified criterion. Applicants that met the given criterion and eligibility were interviewed and 30 successful applicants were onboarded into the program. Applicants during the onboarding session, were asked to sign a code of conduct to confirm their full commitment to the program.
Digital Media was introduced this year by Ghana Tech Lab based on the findings of the Ecosystem Mapping Exercise conducted in collaboration with partner hubs in 2020.
The Digital Media training program will cover these topics in the period of 6 months; Graphic Design, Photography, Videography, Sound Design, Digital Marketing, and Creative Writing and Blogging where participants will receive extensive in-person training at Women’s Haven Africa.
Women’s Haven Africa is committed to increasing the participation of young women in digital skills, reducing the gender gap in tech and raising female tech giants in Africa through its programs and innitiatives.
The Base Digital Media Program is in partnership with Ghana Tech Lab, Mastercard Foundation’s Young Africa Works, World Bank, World Bank Africa and the Ministry of Communications and Digitization in Ghana.
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