The Power of Girls Studying ICT in Malawi – Elness’s Story

Elness Simwera, in the video, is one of many students that recently graduated secondary school, who learned Computer Studies and accessed offline education resources, through the donated computers that we provide to school programs in Malawi, in partnership with The Turing Trust.

Elness Simwera shares her story studying ICT

We are beginning to see long-term positive educational outcomes which include: improved exam results, increased female participation in IT, and an increase in students attending Public Universities in Malawi.

In this interview, CYD team member – Doreen Luhanga, interviews Elness and she shares her Story of studying ICT, talking about the impact from using computers in school,  studying Medicine at College to become a doctor, and how she feels it is important for other girls to follow in her footsteps.

Doreen interviewing Elness on the impact of Computer Education

We are delighted to see this bright young woman’s dreams becoming a reality and look forward to seeing Elness and ‘The Power of Girls Studying ICT in Malawi continue to succeed in the years to come!