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Why female leadership in tech matters

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In case you missed it, we delivered yet another exciting Twitter Chat on "Why Female Leadership in Tech Matters".

This was done in partnership with She Leads Africa, a community that helps young African women achieve their professional dreams, and Silicon Cape Initiative, a non-profit trust established to unite entrepreneurs and develop a vibrant tech sector through partnerships with key stakeholders.

The live event focused on the the barriers that female leaders in the tech world face, and how to overcome these barriers. Our special guests were:

Evelyn Namara, Co-founder and CTO of !nnovate Uganda, Sherifah Tumusiime, Co-founder and CEO of Zimba Women, Ijeoma Oguegbu, CEO and Founder of Beavly, Florence Toffa, Director at Mobile Web Ghana and the team at Unlocking Women and Technology (UWAT), Ghana.

We started with our first question:

Q1: What are some of the most significant barriers to female leadership in tech?

Contributions from some of our guests and partners:

Contributions from people across the industry.

Contributions from some of our guests and partners:

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[spb_text_block pb_margin_bottom="no" pb_border_bottom="no" width="1/1" el_position="first last"]We found out more about what female leaders in tech have to offer:Q3: What impact do female leaders have on the tech industry and its players?

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27/10/2016 27/10/2016

Levers in Heels meets the African Science Academy for girls

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During our recent visit to the African Science Academy (ASA) based in Ghana, our founder, Larisa Bowen-Dodoo, spoke about Levers in Heels, and its mission towards giving a voice to African women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields, and serving as role models to inspire and educate more females about various STEM careers that they probably do not know exist.

Discussing STEM careers with the ASA girls (Photo Credit: Rhianna Ilube)

Women have made many strides in STEM fields, but their achievements go disregarded especially in Africa. These women are needed today more than ever to share their contributions and struggles. Their stories are key to inspiring girls into becoming the next generation of STEM leaders.

Video call mentorship session with Kenyan Levers in Heels-featured Entomologist, Dr. Esther Ngumbi (Photo Credit: Rhianna Ilube)

While role models are significant to the success of young individuals, they play a largely pivotal role in encouraging girls and women in STEM. Having very few women in STEM fields is not due to lack of talent or ability. It is caused by the unfair prejudice against women, something female role models can help quell.

Mentorship session with Ghanaian Levers in Heels-featured ROV Piliot, Ms. Samira Ali

According to Thomas Ilube, Founder and Chairman of the African Gifted Foundation - the charity which opened the African Science Academy in August 2016 to 24 students, ASA was inspired by his desire to find and nurture a generation of young African women with a passion and aptitude for science and mathematics.

"I studied applied physics at the university and went on to have a wonderful and rewarding career in the technology world. I can see the impact that science and technology can have and so I was inspired to explore how I could help drive Africa's development by inspiring and unleashing the next generation of scientists and engineers. My mother was a teacher, in Nigeria, Uganda and the UK for many years, so I was draw to education as the route to realizing my ambitions."

The academy seeks to identify and bring young women from all across the African continent who love science, technology, engineering and maths, into a dedicated environment where they can immerse themselves in the STEM world.

Thomas and his team hope to grow the academy to having over 200 students a year from all corners of the continent.

"We hope that they will go on to great scientific and engineering careers, and related subjects, in Africa and make a real contribution to tackling Africa's challenges with their skills and special abilities. We want our students to send a message to the world that African women are more than capable of taking their place alongside anyone, anywhere in the world of science. When I am a very old man, sitting in a rocking chair under a tree with a blanket on my legs and someone comes and whispers to me that one of our ASA students went on thirty years later to win a Nobel Prize for Physics, I will be content."

Thomas Ilube was recently named Britain’s most influential black person on the UK Powerlist 2017 – the annual list of the 100 most powerful people of African and African Caribbean heritage in Britain.

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31/07/2016 31/07/2016

My internship experience at Ghana's National Prosthetic and Orthotic Centre

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Have you ever been in the situation where as a student you watched YouTube tutorial videos and felt that all your academic scales have fallen off your eyes? And that you finally fully understood what your lecturer was going on and on about in class? My internship at Ghana's National Prosthetic and Orthotic Centre made me feel more than that. It sharpened my thinking skills. It generated a burning interest and appreciation for Biomedical Engineering. It generated an attachment. An attachment that would never permit me deserting the field.

The National Prosthetic and Orthotic Centre

The National Prosthetic and Orthotic Centre, which falls under the Institutional Care Division of the Ghana Health Service, is responsible for the design and fixation of prosthetic and orthotic devices for patients. Some of their products include conventional knee-ankle-foot orthoses (KAFO), cervical collars, orthotic splints and braces, spinal orthoses (corsets), trans-tibial prostheses, trans-femural prostheses, partial hand prostheses, Syme’s prostheses and many more.

NPOC Products (Knee-Ankle-Foot Orthoses (KAFO), Lower Extremity Prosthetic Limb)

NPOC is one facility in Ghana that is greatly undermined due to lack of publicity and mainly poor infrastructure. The centre typically paints the picture of the clichéd notion that the Government of Ghana does not adequately support governmental institutions.

NPOC's Office NPOC Workspace

As at now, the centre relies heavily on the use of human strength to cut metals and other materials using hand saws. This is a ‘koko’ (easy) task for grown able-built ‘calloused-palms-as-a-result-of-constant-physical-work’ men, but for ‘slim-macho’ ‘almost-underweight-due-to-engineering young ladies’ like me, it is a Herculean task. We may try to be torch-bearers of the women-empowerment movement by a polite “Oh, I will cut it myself’’ but after three cutting strokes, we are tempted to think that male chauvinists were not too wrong in their assertion that some things are for men only. This scenario applies to other devices and machines as well because anytime I use the oscillating saw, I feel like my very osteoblasts have been induced to vibrate at their natural frequency. It is therefore of no surprise that there are no female prosthetists and orthotists currently at the centre.

Women who work at the orthotic centre have specialty in the fabrication and fixation of particular devices such as braces or corsets, and hence are not qualified to be addressed as orthotists. The making of braces and corsets is considered easy as compared to making prostheses and more complicated orthoses. This is mainly attributed to the manual and strenuous nature of the job, therefore calling for serious consideration on the use of automated and digital equipment at the centre not only to encourage the participation of women, but for easy production, increased safety and the manufacture of better orthoses and prostheses. This setback, however, does not deter me as a woman. It rather challenges me as engineer-in-the-making to design and come up with better equipment that would assist females in such or similar physically-engaging fields.

My job as an intern there was to gain in-depth knowledge on the application and fixation of prostheses and orthoses, and to have an idea about their design. I was therefore challenged as a Biomedical Engineering student, to find solutions to problems encountered in the fabrication of these devices.

One problem is the use of thermosetting polypropylene plastic in moulding casts instead of thermoplastics. Polypropylene, typical of thermosetting plastics, is not reusable and leads to incurred costs when the moulding goes wrong. There should also be a way of making Plaster of Paris (POP) (used for casting) recyclable since a great amount is used and wasted during casting. Concerning the issue of materials wastage, it would be of great advantage if majority of prostheses and orthoses made at the centre were pre-fabricated instead of custom-made.

Plaster of Paris (POP) Cast

The centre also runs at a loss for every prosthetic or orthotic device made due to highly subsidized charge rates. This problem may be solved if the benevolence of philanthropists and sponsorship of poor amputees and the construction of an ultra-modern workshop is anything to go by.

Despite the numerous challenges faced by the centre, it offers one of the most excellent learning environments any Biomedical Engineering student can come across. The centre is one of the few institutions in Ghana that have workers structuring an organized internship program for interns. Every week, a mini-seminar on issues in Biomedical Engineering, prostheses and orthoses is organized for interns where resource personnel enlighten us on certain tit bits we need for a successful career. We are also given projects to undertake throughout the internship period. This year’s project involves the fabrication of solid-ankle cushioned heel (SACH) feet and prosthetic lamination adapters.

Through this experience, I have learned to apply Biomechanics, Engineering Design and Human Biology studied as part of the Biomedical Engineering curriculum. I strongly recommend the National Centre for Prosthetics and Orthotics to engineering students seeking a thorough application of engineering coursework and the acquisition of mechanical workshop skills. Indeed, there will certainly be an attachment to this attachment.

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Low Participation of women in STEM; Reasons and solutions

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Did the #STEMherAfrica discussions happen ? They certainly did! And if you missed it, we've prepared a summary of what went down.

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As a part of its mission, Levers in Heels hosted its maiden Twitter Chat to discuss the "Low participation of women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM): Reasons & Solutions" on Saturday, July 9. This was done in partnership with The Africa In Me, a Pan African integration platform that shares African values, culture, development and unity.

The live event focused on the reasons behind the few numbers of women in STEM careers, and solutions imparted by special guests:

Lucy Quist, CEO of Airtel Ghana, Farida Bedwei, Co-founder and CTO of Logiciel Ghana, Anne Nutsuklo, Co-founder of mySME Portal, Regina Honu, Founder of Soronko Solutions, Anie Akpe, Founder of Innov8tiv Magazine & IBOM LLC, Esther Ngumbi, Founder of Spring Break Kenya, Rasheeda Yehuza, Founder of Nasara Tech, Lianne du Toit, Co Vice Chairperson of The Silicon Cape Initiative, Aneth David, Next Einstein Forum (NEF) Ambassador for Tanzania, Judith Owigar, Co-founder of AkiraChix, Florence Toffa, Director at Mobile Web Ghana and Ethel Cofie, CEO of EDEL Technology Consulting & Founder of Women In Tech Africa.

The discussion started with our first question:

Q1: What do you think accounts for women’s lower participation in STEM careers compared to men in your country?

Contributions from some of our guests:

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Other people from across the industry joined in on the discussion.

Contributions from some of our guests:

We had some enlightening suggestions from others as well.

Contributions from some of our guests:

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Other challenges had to be addressed.

Contributions from some of our guests:

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Contributions from others.

In all the chat was a great success, and we would like to thank our guests and everyone else who joined us.

Our goal is to voice out the issues surrounding African women in STEM and come up with real solutions to these issues. Hence, we are pleased to announce that we will be hosting more of these discussions on a quarterly basis. We look forward to yet another exciting chat in October!

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