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born 1999 Ethiopia
Betelhem Dessie (born 1999) is an Ethiopian web and mobile technologies developer. She is the founder and CEO of Anyone Can Code (ACC) and the chief executive officer of iCog, a social enterprise dedicated to offering youth digital literacy skills for the 21st century.
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But the sad thing is, even if they want to, they won’t be able to apply it after they finish their high school education.
Who can solve the problem of a female if she cannot tell you the problem, and find her own solution?
Unless you really are in the industry, there is no one to look up to in technology.
The boys imagine more, they want to do something that’s big and inspired, the girls they really want to help their community from the core.
The girls get the coding education but also other skills and the necessary knowledge to keep themselves away from problems – or at least be aware enough to report them.
It doesn’t matter if you went to a great university – what matters is if you have a computer, access to the internet and the drive to achieve.
The biggest thing we have in Africa is a young generation. So if we train the young generation in tech, we’ll be able to build something that is everlasting.
Teaching young girls coding and seeing them become confident and inspired reminded me of how I felt when I started coding.
Ethiopia’s youth have no lack of ideas, energy or ambition,but they can’t fulfil their potential alone. What we see in Ethiopia is a lack of co-creation centres where like-minded people can come together and create and innovate.
My aim is to democratize technology.
I think now they understand the value of the quality of the education that’s provided, and the enabling environment for entrepreneurs in Ethiopia. It’s a struggle every day, but we have seen a lot of progress.
Technology inspires you. Having that feeling of freedom and being able to do something gives you that sense of accomplishment and that sense of accomplishment drives you to do more things that you love, more things that excite you.
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