Every girl deserves the chance to build the future.
Girls in STEM Rising is our commitment to putting science and technology within reach of girls and young women across Africa: free learning, mentorship from women in tech, and a community that backs them every step of the way.
Closing the gap, on purpose.
Talent is everywhere; opportunity is not.
Across Africa, girls are too often steered away from science and tech long before they get to choose. We open the door, and keep it open.
You can’t be what you can’t see.
When girls learn from women already building in tech, the path stops feeling impossible and starts feeling like theirs.
When a girl rises, a community rises.
Investing in girls’ STEM education ripples outward, into families, schools, and the next generation of African innovators.
Four ways we show up for girls.
Free, hands-on learning
The full RiseAfrica platform (courses and real challenges) free, so cost is never the reason a girl stops.
Mentorship from women in tech
Pairing girls with women already working in data, AI, and engineering, for guidance from people who have walked the path.
A community that has her back
Safe, encouraging spaces in our chapters and clubs where girls build, ask, and lead together.
Visibility & role models
We put girls’ projects and stories forward, because seeing it makes it possible for the next one.
There’s a way in for you.
Start learning, free.
Pick a track, take real challenges, earn verifiable certificates. No cost, no gatekeeping.
Browse courses →Become a mentor.
Give a few hours. Help a girl see what she’s capable of and stay the course.
Mentor with us →Bring it to your community.
Start a chapter or partner with us to reach girls who would otherwise be left out.
Start a chapter →“When you teach a girl to build, you don’t just change her life; you change what her whole community believes is possible.”
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