Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Director-General, World Trade Organization
LeadershipThe first woman and first African to lead the World Trade Organization.
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Loading Teki-SL…A free movement to close the gender gap in technology. Learn real skills with a cohort, get mentored by women who have built companies and infrastructure across Africa, and step into your first role.
Cohort one
Straight from our first cohort's records. Women were only about a quarter of that cohort. She Learns Tech exists to change exactly that.
Your path
Four steps, all free. Each one is a real place on the platform you can start today.
Create a free account and tell us where you are starting from. No prior tech experience is needed.
Create your accountJoin free digital skills training with a women only study circle that keeps you moving and motivated.
See the coursesGet paired with women leaders in tech across Africa who guide your projects and your career choices.
Meet the communityBuild a real portfolio, then get priority access to women friendly jobs, internships, and scholarships.
Browse opportunitiesWomen in the field
Not quotes on a poster. Real founders, engineers, and researchers, and the things they actually built, in AI, connectivity, health, and beyond.
Director-General, World Trade Organization
LeadershipThe first woman and first African to lead the World Trade Organization.
Founder, Distributed AI Research Institute
AI & Data“There's a real danger of systematizing our societal discrimination.”
Founded a research institute that puts ethics and accountability at the centre of AI.
Founder, Algorithmic Justice League
AI & Data“If you have a face, you have a place in the conversation about AI.”
Her research exposed racial and gender bias in facial recognition used around the world.
Computer scientist and co-founder, Black in AI
AI & Data“You get the research and the personal and the advocacy and the political. I don't really separate it out.”
Designs algorithms that tackle inequality, and helped build a global community for Black AI researchers.
Co-founder, BACE Group
AI & DataThe first woman to win the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, for AI identity verification.
Founder, MainOne
Infrastructure“In Nigeria there was no Internet and no infrastructure. So we decided to put the pieces together and make this happen.”
Built the first privately owned subsea cable to bring fast internet to West Africa.
Co-founder, Ushahidi and BRCK
Connectivity“Investment in technology, people and creative networks can help us to make sure that Africa's next vanguard is something that we are part of.”
Built crisis mapping software and rugged internet hardware now used across the world.
Founder, Soronko Academy
EdTechOpened West Africa's first coding school for girls and has trained thousands of young women.
Founder, LifeBank
HealthTech“I started LifeBank because I wanted a world where women no longer died from preventable causes.”
Uses technology and logistics to move blood and oxygen to the hospitals that need it most.
Founder, AppsTech
Community“If a black African woman could succeed in America in 1999, then all the entrepreneurs across the world can succeed.”
Builds enterprise software for clients worldwide and is a leading voice for African founders.
Founder, Women in Tech Africa
CommunityLeads one of Africa's largest networks of women working in technology.
Founder, Rekindle Learning
EdTechBuilds mobile learning tools that help people keep their skills sharp at work.
Watch and learn
Talks and founder stories from African women building companies, infrastructure, and movements. Press play and watch right here.
Closer to home
Real Sierra Leonean women who trained with Teki-SL, in their own words, and the career moves they made.
“Teki-SL taught me that my background does not define my future. The data analytics cohort gave me the skills and the confidence to compete for roles I never thought were possible.”
Unemployed graduate
Junior Data Analyst, UNICEF Sierra Leone
“I went from selling goods at the market to building websites for clients around the world. She Learns Tech showed me that women can do anything in technology.”
Market trader Frontend Developer, remote
“The mentorship from women in tech across Africa inspired me to aim higher. I applied for roles I would never have considered before joining Teki-SL.”
University student Cloud Engineering Intern
Our mission
In Sierra Leone, women are still far outnumbered in technology. She Learns Tech exists to change that, with free, world class digital skills training designed for women.
We pair that training with mentorship from women who have built real companies across Africa, so learning to code comes with a network that lifts you up.