Accordingly, the initiative will see children across the continent ranging in age from 8 to 24 years, participating in software coding workshops across eleven African countries including South Africa, Angola, Cameroon, Egypt, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo and Tunisia.

The ACW has been developed in partnership with Simplon.co, the Cape Town Science Centre and the Galway Education Centre, with the purpose of empowering youth, teachers and parents with the language of software programming using a freely available “Scratch” system to help bridge the digital skills gap across many areas in Africa.

The launch coincides with the commencement of the World Economic Forum (WEF) for Africa entitled ‘Then and Now: Reimagining Africa’s Future’ which is being hosted in Cape Town, South Africa. ACW speaks to the future prosperity of Africa and provides a sustainable, innovation-driven solution to the socio-economic challenges faced by the continent.

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