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A revolution led by technological innovation is underway in the world.

 

However its transformative potential technology remains a gendered space. Stereotyping has made IT a male domain and therefore a difficult domain for young women to venture into. In Africa the difficulties are aggravated by the other problems young women face. 
 

According to the 2017 global ICT report completed by the Information Technology Union (ITU), a UN specialized agency for ICTs, internet penetration for women across the African continent is at 18.6%.

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As a response to these statistics, the Pada Platform exists as a means of challenging the picture of IT as a "man's world" painted by the media and other sources of information.

It shows young girls being proactive and gaining skills are considered a male domain and also out of the reach of poor girls from Sub - Saharan Africa. This goes a long way in shifting the mindset of the people in the communities by helping them to realise the potential that is contained within the girl child.

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