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#Music #FoodHeroes 

#SDGs #Agenda2030 #GlobalGoals

We can all become Food Heroes 

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Deep edu // Yoruba // Ifa

Ifa University 

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H O T M A I L I N B O X - part two

To young girls and women everywhere: dream with ambition and know that there are no limits to what you can be. pic.twitter.com/j7qDuLVTiV

— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) November 15, 2020

#16Days
Today Nov 25th the "Intl Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women" kicks off the global #16DaysOfActivism Against Violence Against Women campaign.
W.TEC supports this global campaign by organising staying safe online campaigns for women & girls.#WTEC16Days2020 pic.twitter.com/IPG390ARiZ

— WTEC (@wteconline) November 25, 2020

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When women get together....
When you want something done, ask a woman https://t.co/CnCsIRBXXn

— oreoluwa somolu lesi (@oreoluwa) November 19, 2020

November 2020 Edition As we wind-down the year, the month of November has been a fully packed one at W.TEC with a host of impactful programmes. Starting today is our 16 Days of Activism against violence against women, this runs while we gear up for our major fund raising campaign of 2020 tagged Giving-Tuesday, during which we shall be looking forward to your kind support towards our STEM - education programmes for girls in 2021. W.TEC 2020 - 16 Days Of Activism Campaign Once again we are joining the annual ''16 Days of Activism'' global campaign, aimed at creating sustained awareness against violence against women and girls. This year we will be embarking on a robust online-campaign: *To help women and girls surf the internet more safely  *Highlight unique cyber-threats faced by ladies during lockdown  *Raise awareness against recent sexual violations of little girls. Read more Giving Tuesday 2020  W.TEC has some big news for you! As the season of giving approaches we are are glad to announce that we will be participating in the global day of giving  –  Giving Tuesday  to accept donations towards our 2021 STEM education programmes for girls.         Read more W.TEC Academy - Ogun State Wraps for 2020 Our after-school tech programme for girls at select schools in Ogun state(Ilaro & Joga Orile) has wrapped for this year's school session. Our team who went to Ogun State to conduct the Solar training programme with the girls shares all proceedings with us. Read more    MentorHer Holds Insightful Webinar Our MentorHER programme for November, featured a talk session hosted by one of our esteemed mentors, Basia Nasiorowska who explored how best we can corelate our personality type with how, we should approach solving all our challenges like; education, business, relationships and what have you. Read more  W.TEC Now Accepts Donations Via Paystack You can now make your kind donations to @wteconline from any where in the world via @paystack. Hence, we look forward to your kind donations in the coming month of giving to support our STEM education programmes for girls. Donate W.TEC Annual Report Never has it been more important to take stock of what has been achieved, even as we press on to greater heights. 2019 was a big year for W.TEC & so it is our pleasure to share with you our 2019 annual report. Read report Why Are Women Leaving STEM?  We have some new data for you on "Nigerian Women in STEM" the data is derived from a partnership research by W.TEC and Willfran Consulting on ''Why do women leave the #STEM field within the first five years'' ? Thus we  present our detailed findings to you. Read report Donate LAPTOPS to W.TEC One of the major tools we use in training our women and girls is the laptop. The purchase and maintenance of this critical device is highly challenging to our limited earnings. We hereby call on well meaning Nigerians to donate laptops, to support our numerous training programs. You Can Contact Us by Email: info@wtec.org.ng Tech News...  Pfizer Vaccine Pfizer and BIONTECH recently announced that their COVID19 vaccine prove to be over 90% effective. Both outfits have now announced that they have submitted an application to the US FDA for an emergency use authorization request on Friday December 20th.   Read more Nigerian Police launches cybercrime Reporting Portal The Nigerian Police Force has launched a cybercrime reporting portal to advance its crackdown on internet fraud. Force spokesperson, Frank Mba, announced on Thursday, November 19, 2020 that members of the public can make reports against fraudsters.   Read more Coming Up! AOT Lagos 2.0 AOT Lagos 2.0 will facilitate multi-stakeholder discussions, exchanges and collaborations along the data value chain as an enabler of SMARTER LAGOS; identify and leverage the outcomes of data and its insights to the development of smart cities, build and strengthen the capacity of stakeholders to actively participate in Smart Lagos development process and chart a vision for the next phase of development to cement Lagos as Africa’s key tech hub.   Read more FG Inaugurates Robotics / A.I Centre According to Dr Isa Pantami the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy said the National Centre for Artificial Intelligence & Robotics will promote 7 out of the 8 pillars of the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy for a #DigitalNigeria. Read more 2020 NITDA Special Intervention Training for Graduates Unemployed Nigerians  NITDA seeks to apply effective and sustainable solutions to build capacity and develop skills of Nigerians in emerging IT sectors and drastically reduce the unemployment rate in the IT Sector by bridging the widening skills gap in the sector. The Agency through its academy has developed a vocational training program with newly formed curriculums. The IT Vocational training will play a central role in preparing young people for work, develop their skills, and respond to the labor-market’s needs. Read more Hybrid-Events are they the future of Events  Physical events with a large number of people are raising red flags all over the world. To limit virus contagion, events with attendees over 50 are being cancelled and/or postponed, and communities are issuing fines for groups that are meeting with over 5 individuals. With widespread cancellations and postponements of large events, event organizers have been operating in crisis mode and scrambling to save their events any way they can. Now lets take a look at one event One solution has emerged that seems, for the moment at least, to be filling the gap. Virtual events have allowed planners and organizations to proceed with their planned events in a way that allows everyone to participate from the safety of their own homes. Read more COVID-19 Advice for the public Stay aware of the latest information on the COVID-19 outbreak, available on the WHO website and through your national and local public health authority. Most people who become infected experience mild illness and recover, but it can be more severe for others. Take care of your health and protect others by getting the right information.  Get Informed by WHO                 Grant Opportunities in Tech Linking up with the right seed funds can take your business to the next level in 2020. Make it happen by reading what we've got for for you. Read more

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What's in your WhatsApp? #Africa

Late Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe said "African education system has surprising outcomes. The smartest students pass with 1st Class and get admission to medical and engineering schools. The 2nd Class students get MBA's and LLB's to manage the 1st Class students. The 3rd Class students enter politics and rule both the 1st Class and 2nd Class students. The failures join the Army and control the politicians who if they are not happy with, they kick out or kill them..... Best of all those who did not attend any schools become prophets or witch doctors and everybody follows them." How interesting.

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Music: Where Are The Prophets, by Peterside Ottong 

Communicating #Coronavirus

''Now we have to go back to the beginning. We have to trace every single case.''

Angela Merkel explains why contact tracing is critical to control the #coronavirus epidemic in Germany. pic.twitter.com/vmWxOJSNVo

— DW News (@dwnews) May 1, 2020

No disrespect, but I double-dare President Buhari to perform like his German counterpart.

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Tennis #academy, Dance #academy, Leadership #Academy,

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Do you like the locker rooms of the #RafaNadalAcademy? 😍

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Can you just tell it was fun overload at the Leadership summer school for teenagers. It's Monday and we wish it's not ended yet Congratulations to all the graduates. Lead and love in strides See you at the top! . . . . . #swipeformorepictures #DLA #Teenagers#SummerSchool #LeadershipInstitute

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What can the little ones do?

Lol will future wars be fought on twitter, shii wld be cool no arms just verbal punches

— Princewill's #BlueForSudan (@ThePakuma) February 6, 2013

Deep! 
Who else thinks this? 




Un message puissant pour la jeunesse // A powerful message for youths
Icône de la lutte pour l'éducation des femmes, Malala a remporté le prix Nobel de la paix à l'âge de 17 ans. En exclusivité pour Konbini, elle livre un message puissant pour la jeunesse. // GoogleTranslate with pronoun edit: Icon of the struggle for women's education, Malala won the Nobel Peace Prize at the age of 17. Exclusively for Konbini, she delivers a powerful message for youth.


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I am Ilhan Omar

 . Power to the people . 

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Nobody's perfect ... (two cool interviews)

Pregnancy at 19 changed my life – Lekki British School owner https://t.co/w5Ygw948zd

— The Punch Newspapers (@MobilePunch) December 6, 2017

The Doyenne of DNA Anne Wojcicki @23andMe https://t.co/jj2TDGJ4il Best mentors @AriannaHuff & @DVF: “They are the two people who are just like, ‘I want to support women. I want to support you doing awesome things. I believe in you. You can do it.’” https://t.co/jj2TDGJ4il

— Dr. Nancy Snow (@drpersuasion) November 21, 2017

Do good, Be good ...
If you can, Be Great.

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Recipe for a better nation

We may associate pessimism with bad things, but at a political level, the world’s best societies are all experts at pessimism.

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Fabulous stories you possibly read in school

Please RETWEET if you would see an adaptation of any of these in the cinema pic.twitter.com/ryNoZQJPx7

— FILMMAKER🇳🇬 (@DirectorSolomon) August 7, 2016

...and if you didn't read them in school, well, learning never stops, right?  ENJOY! 

More fine African literature (some for free) here

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#woman #culture

Photo by Stephanie Sinclair @stephsinclairpix // Josephine Kulea was 9 years old, every other week, one of her classmates would stop coming to school. One by one they were first circumcised and then married off to men more than 30 to 40 years older than them, many of whom were already married to other women. Kulea was somewhat fortunate. Though she was circumcised in preparation for marriage, she had the support of her mother, who championed her education and resisted family pressure to marry her off at a young age. Kulea has since helped create the @SamburuGirlsFoundation, which rescues girls escaping traditional practices, such as child marriage and female circumcision, also known as female genital mutilation / cutting (FGM/C). “[Our work] is very difficult, because there is no political will or support,” said Kulea, noting that even though the law supports her efforts, the very traditional community adamantly resists any change in these rituals. Earlier this year, Kenya became the 19th country to join the African Union's Campaign to End Child Marriage, which aims to speed up change across Africa by encouraging governments to develop strategies to raise awareness of child marriage and address it’s harmful repercussions. Since then, the effort has attracted a burgeoning roster of child advocates, from government officials and religious authorities to traditional leaders and former child brides—all committed to serving as champions of change in Africa. . This image is part of a 175-image exhibition titled “Too Young to Wed,” which is the inaugural exhibition at the new L’Arche du Photojournalisme, atop at the prestigious Grand Arche de la Defense in Puteaux, Paris. Many of the images were made #onassignment for @natgeo. The show, which opened June 1 and runs through Sept. 24, is complete with educational information about the dangers of #childmarriage and the efforts underway around the world to end the practice – including our work at our nonprofit organization of the same name, @TooYoungToWed. @letoitdelagrandearche #samburugirlsfoundation #girls #letgirlslearn #girlseducation #kenya #paris #africanchampionsforchange

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Spent the day at the #nationalmuseumlagos , unfortunately we aren't permitted to take pics in most of the areas but It was super fun to take a step back in history. It was great to see the important role beads played in our various cultures, from currency to fashion for both men and women. The atrocities men got up too and the codes women had to adhere to in the past where sometimes hilarious and other times sickening. Appreciative of how far we've come but aware that we've got so much further to go. #myhistory

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Photograph by David Chancellor @chancellordavid -- Prior to attending Imuget le nkarna (celebration of 10 years as a warrior) Samburu moran (warriors) wash by the edge of a dam before applying red ochre to their bodies. The Samburu are know as the ‘butterfly people’ by other warrior tribes, because of the bright colours they dress in and their flamboyant body adornments. They live in the northern highlands of Kenya. The Samburu have an ancient connection to elephant, they require elephant dung to marry and consider them sacred. Any Samburu that kills an elephant brings ‘alanna’ a curse upon his family. Across Africa growing populations and deepening poverty have intensified the battle between man and animals for the same land and environmental resources. Increasingly, animals are pushed into smaller pockets of wilderness, their migration routes closed off, and their water supplies damned and irrigated for crops. Illegal poaching and hunting has decimated their numbers. At the same time, rural farmers have learned to mistrust wildlife, killing those animals who have encroached further onto their land. If wildlife conservation is to succeed, it is imperative to find a way for man and animal to coexist in suitable harmony --From work and projects documenting community conservation #withbutterfliesandwarriors --To see more of my work and projects follow me @chancellordavid and here @natgeo #withbutterfliesandwarriors #communityconservation #nopoaching #forrangers #kenya #samburu #rhino #elephant @francescamaffeogallery @hellokiosk @kinetic_six

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Fun times @re.le gallery. One of my favorite pieces, not sure what the artist had in mind when he created it but It made me think of dreamcatchers and promises of dreams yet to be fulfilled. ❤🇳🇬 check out my Insta stories for more and do go see their current exhibition #ayoola if you are in lagos. Wearing my fresh water pearl and lapis necklace

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Photo by @paleyphoto (Matthieu Paley). How is life in a remote village in Pakistan’s Karakoram mountains, near the border with Afghanistan? Last summer, I spent a couple of weeks there with my family; you can read my story titled “Home on the Range" in the latest National Geographic magazine. Here, a bride awaits the arrival of her husband. For years, marriages in this region had been arranged by the bride’s and groom’s parents. Today, many couples meet on social media sites or while at university and refer with pride to their bonds as “arranged love marriages”. Visit @paleyphoto for more images from this story @natgeocreative #Pakistan #Karakoram #gojal #Wakhi #weddingdress

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"I want to become an engineer to help rebuild my city” says Aysha, who attends a UNICEF-supported primary school in Mosul, Iraq. © UNICEF/UN072407/Rfaat

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