Apps and Girls

Apps and Girls is a Tanzanian award-winning nonprofit organization which is dedicated to bridging the existing technology gender gap in Tanzania. At Apps & Girls, we give girls the skills and a platform to become effective tech-entrepreneurs, including high-quality software and hardware programming. We focus on girls and young women from underprivileged backgrounds, at secondary school, university, or out-of-school, on our mission to reduce the gender gap in ICT and empower more change-makers in Tanzania. At Apps and Girls, we believe that Tech is the reality of the future as we move deeper into the digital revolution, and entrepreneurship is a driving force. We work to break various barriers that hinder girls & young women in ICT such as a non-existent support system, lack of role models and prevailing gender stereotypes by providing the alternative, a supportive path into the field of ICT and a future in tech. OUR VISION Our vision is to see women and girls empowered by ICT to...