{"id":17,"date":"2021-10-12T19:20:57","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T19:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africacwic.acm.org\/2022\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2022-05-17T16:44:53","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T16:44:53","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/africacwic.acm.org\/2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>1st ACM Celebration of Women in Computing: AfricaCWIC 2022<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The ACM Celebration of Women in Computing: AfricaCWIC is aimed at connecting women from diverse technical disciplines and encouraging them to pursue their education and profession in computing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The AfricaCWIC brings together women in the computing profession and related technical fields to exchange knowledge and experience and provide special support for women who are pursuing their academic degrees and starting their careers in computing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 1<sup>st<\/sup> Africa ACM Celebration of Women in Computing is highlighted on the theme: <strong>Building <strong>Revolutionary<\/strong>  Digital  Mindsets<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AfricaCWIC provides a unique experience of the collective energy, drive and excellence that professional women share to support each other through a programme packed with insightful topics, engaging educational and networking activities. The AfricaCWIC event <strong>(VIRTUAL)<\/strong> was held on the 11th and 12th May 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/africacwic.acm.org\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/christina-wocintechchat-com-FPQlXQtjkqU-unsplash-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-246\" width=\"430\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/africacwic.acm.org\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/christina-wocintechchat-com-FPQlXQtjkqU-unsplash-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/africacwic.acm.org\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/christina-wocintechchat-com-FPQlXQtjkqU-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/africacwic.acm.org\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/christina-wocintechchat-com-FPQlXQtjkqU-unsplash-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/africacwic.acm.org\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/christina-wocintechchat-com-FPQlXQtjkqU-unsplash-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/africacwic.acm.org\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/christina-wocintechchat-com-FPQlXQtjkqU-unsplash-2048x1367.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p> Come meet like-minded colleagues supporting diversity in computing. The event includes a <a href=\"https:\/\/africacwic.acm.org\/2022\/hackathon\/\">Hackathon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/africacwic.acm.org\/2022\/workshops\/\">Workshops<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/africacwic.acm.org\/2022\/call-for-posters\/\">Posters<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/africacwic.acm.org\/2022\/africacwic-doctoral-consortium-2022\/\">Doctoral Consortium<\/a>, Technical Talks and Panel Discussions, and is sure to have something for everyone. Our event will be held each year so why not join us for the next AfricaCWIC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/africacwic.acm.org\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Chairs-1024x640.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/africacwic.acm.org\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Chairs-1024x640.png 1024w, https:\/\/africacwic.acm.org\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Chairs-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/africacwic.acm.org\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Chairs-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/africacwic.acm.org\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Chairs.png 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Chairs of AfricaCWIC 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/africacwic.acm.org\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Lola-1024x640.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/africacwic.acm.org\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Lola-1024x640.png 1024w, https:\/\/africacwic.acm.org\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Lola-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/africacwic.acm.org\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Lola-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/africacwic.acm.org\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Lola.png 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Lola, one of our Keynote Speakers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>You can see<a href=\"https:\/\/africacwic.acm.org\/2022\/africacwic-2022-photos\/\"> more pictures from our event<\/a> and you can join us next year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1st ACM Celebration of Women in Computing: AfricaCWIC 2022 The ACM Celebration of Women in Computing: AfricaCWIC is aimed at connecting women from diverse technical disciplines and encouraging them to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":149,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Home page for AfricaCWIC an ACM Celebration of Women in Computing across Africa. 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