The first ever Women Tech Space is scheduled for Monday 25th September at the Ormeau Baths gallery. We are sold out and we are hoping that we get 30 women full of motivation and drive to learn!

Women Tech Space was in discussion for a long time. I have been involved with Django Girls Belfast for a while now and each workshop becomes a little better, a little bit smoother, more relaxed and a lot of fun.

After each event ended however, we found it hard to keep the motivation of our attendees up. They go home, they take a…

International Women’s Day feels like both a victory and a defeat. While it’s wonderful to have a day to mark the contributions and importance of women in history and society, it’s a bit sad that we still have to have it.

I think that’s why I was so happy to see us start our celebrations early this year, as we hosted Django Girls free coding workshop in our Johannesburg home base this past Saturday. With fifty women spending their weekend learning to code, one would never have imagined the tech industry to be wanting of women.

This is not new…

Born and raised in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, I grew up in a rural widowed single-parent household. My upbringing is not unique for the country.

I did not have clear career goals growing up, but I always knew I wanted to work in media. Living in the rural areas, radio and television kept me informed about national and world affairs. Whether it was a news anchor, journalist, or film producer, I just knew I wanted to deliver information to people, especially those who were underprivileged and living in remote areas.

Today, I use computer and mobile devices to help…