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2009 Anita Borg Change Agent Award goes to Three African Women

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Posted by: News Desk on November 12, 2009 Under: Career, Kenya, News Snips, Nigeria, Positive Africa

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Halima Ibrahim (L), Anne Ikiara (C), Oreoluwa Somolu (R)

Halima Ibrahim (L), Anne Ikiara (C), Oreoluwa Somolu (R)


Anita Borg Change Agent Award honors technical women living and working outside the United States who work in their community to attract and support women in technology. This year’s winners are Oreoluwa Somolu and Halima Ibrahim from Nigeria, and Anne Ikiara-Kabaara from Kenya. The Change Agent Award winners are being recognized for their technical leadership and advocacy work.

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Oreoluwa Somolu, founder of Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre is passionate about empowering women/girls of Nigeria through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) as well as encouraging them to take up technology careers.

Halima Ibrahim’s initiative the Mu’assassatul Mar’aatus Saliha Women’s Skill Acquisition Centre is one of the biggest initiatives to emerge from the Community Technology Skills Program in Nigeria over the last three years.

Anne Ikiara-Kabaara is the General Manager of Nairobits Trust, an organization dealing with youth/women empowerment through ICT in the non-formal settlements of Nairobi.

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  1. Myne Whitman | Nov 18, 2009 | Reply

    Congrats to Ore and she’s a blogger too.

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