Program

AfricaCWIC 2024: Draft Program

You get an opportunity to shape the program through your participation in the event. AfricaCWIC will include keynotes, poster presentations, and panels. If you want to meet like minded individuals along with companies hiring new talent join us at AfricaCWIC.

Are you ready to join our program?

Submit a poster
Join one of our exciting panels
Attend the keynotes

Venue: The Auditorium, USIU-Africa, Nairobi, Kenya and online (link to be shared in due course)

Morning:

8:30 – 9:00: Registration
9:00 – 9:45: Keynote speech: “Feminine Digital Excellence” by Dr. Katherine Getao, former ICT Secretary, former CEO of the ICT Authority, Kenya
9:45 – 10:15: First Workshop: What is the ACM & ACM-W? Dr. Dorota Filipczuk
10:15 – 10:35: Tea break
10:35 – 12:30: Panel discussion: “Breaking Barriers: Challenges and Triumphs of Women in African Tech”
- Moderator: Jennifer Gachukia
- Panelists:
  - Increasing women’s representation in cybersecurity (Dr. Paula Musuva, USIU-Africa)
  - Navigating academic research in Africa (Dr. Esther Oduntan, Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro)
  - Promoting STEM education for girls (Prof. Vivian Nwaocha, National Open University of Nigeria)
  - Women in Geospatial Science (Dr. Carolyne Kabaria, Research Scientist, APHRC)
  - Strengthening computing research by women (Dr. Njeri Ngaruiya, strathmore University)

Afternoon:

12:30 – 13:30: Lunch and networking with speakers and panelists
13:30 – 14:00: Second Workshop: How to start an ACM chapter – Dorota
14:00 – 16:00: Poster session (in-person and online)
16:00 – 16:30: Tea break and networking
16:30 – 17:00: Closing and award ceremony – Audrey, Dorota