MSGEEK Africa competition that started 6 years ago as MS Geek Rwanda for 2 years then expanded to then 22 Smart Africa member states in partnership with its Secretariat located in Kigali, the capital city of Rwanda. MS Geek Africa 2019 brought girls from African Union member states with amazing ideas that solve community problems; the winner Josephine Ndeye had an application that helps reduce maternity death in her country Republic Democratic of Congo and Africa. Organization targets every African girl with aim of inspiring girls to do sciences at school, use it as an enabler for every other domain of life and importantly consider careers in STEM.

https://www.girlsinict.rw/

• Africa

• Women
• African girls

The work has been expanded from Rwanda to African wide also some countries like Ghana, Mali and Niger that got finalists in previous years started MSGEEK where finalists became champions.

MSGEEK Africa understood the urgency of involving future leaders into the now matters to avoid disconnects when they take over , finalists and other girls get to attend high level meetings and learn from the best.

Each person should have the opportunity to acquire the necessary skills and knowledge in order to understand, participate actively in, and benefit fully from, the Information Society and the knowledge economy. Literacy and universal primary education are key factors for building a fully inclusive information society, paying particular attention to the special needs of girls and women. Given the wide range of ICT and information specialists required at all levels, building institutional capacity deserves special attention.