MOROGORO, September 14, 2026: The journey to equip girls with the digital skills, confidence and opportunities they need to participate in the technology-driven future has moved to Morogoro.
Following the official launch of the UNESCO-BNU ICT Clubs programme in Dodoma on September 7, 2026, UNESCO, in collaboration with Beijing Normal University (BNU) and the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania, today launched the Morogoro phase of the initiative, which will run from September 14 to 18, 2026.
The programme is being implemented under the UNESCO-BNU project, “Closing the Digital Divide: Ensuring Gender-Transformative Digital Skills Education for Women and Girls,” aimed at addressing the gender gap in digital education and expanding opportunities for women and girls to participate meaningfully in the digital economy and technology sector.
The Morogoro phase builds on the experience gained in Dodoma, where participating students were introduced to practical digital learning and innovation through ICT Clubs.
Rather than limiting technology education to theory, the programme gives girls opportunities to learn by doing—developing skills in coding, computational thinking, problem-solving, digital creativity, visual and audio content production, and the safe and responsible use of technology.
The experience in Dodoma demonstrated the value of creating spaces where girls can explore technology, ask questions, experiment with ideas and develop solutions to real-life challenges.
More importantly, the initiative seeks to nurture confidence and aspiration, enabling girls to see technology not simply as something they consume or use, but as a field in which they can create, innovate and build careers.
Speaking during the Morogoro launch, UNESCO Tanzania Head of Education Sector, Dr Faith Shayo, encouraged girls to take advantage of the opportunities provided through the ICT Clubs and to challenge perceptions that technology-related learning and careers are primarily for boys.
She emphasized the importance of creating learning environments where girls feel confident to experiment, make mistakes, ask questions and develop their abilities in technology.
The message is clear: girls should not only be users of technology; they should also be creators, innovators and future leaders in the digital world.
FROM LEARNING TO CREATING
Through the ICT Clubs, students are expected to gain practical experience while developing creativity, collaboration, problem-solving and leadership skills.
The programme will also connect girls with women ICT professionals through mentorship, giving them opportunities to learn from their experiences and gain a broader understanding of education, employment and career pathways in the technology sector.
For a girl writing her first line of code, developing a digital idea or using technology to solve a community problem, such experiences can represent more than a new skill.
They can be the beginning of a new ambition.
The ambition to become a programmer, engineer, developer, digital creator, entrepreneur, innovator—or a future leader in technology.
ICT INNOVATION BOOTCAMP STARTS TOMORROW
The Morogoro programme continues tomorrow, September 15, 2026, with an ICT Innovation Bootcamp at Kilakala Secondary School, a girls’ school.
The Bootcamp will provide participants with hands-on opportunities to strengthen their digital skills, develop innovative ideas and work collaboratively on technology-based solutions to real-life challenges in their communities.
The activities will reinforce the programme’s emphasis on practical learning, creativity and innovation, while encouraging girls to explore their potential in ICT.
The Morogoro activities will continue through September 18, 2026.
A SHARED COMMITMENT
The initiative is being implemented in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST), the Prime Minister’s Office – Regional Administration and Local Government (PMO-RALG), and the Tanzania Institute of Education (TIE).
Across Dodoma and Morogoro, the programme is expected to strengthen ICT Clubs in 20 public schools, directly benefiting 500 girls and 40 teachers.
The ICT Clubs are intended to provide safe, inclusive and supportive learning environments where students can develop digital skills, creativity, leadership and collaboration, while gaining greater awareness of opportunities in ICT-related education and careers.
As the programme moves from Dodoma to Morogoro, the goal remains the same: to ensure that girls are not left behind in the digital transformation.
They must have the opportunity to learn technology.
They must have the confidence to use it.
They must have the freedom to create with it.
And they must have the opportunity to build their future through it.
From Dodoma to Morogoro, the journey continues—one girl, one skill and one digital opportunity at a time.
The future of technology needs girls. Let us give them the skills, confidence and opportunity to build it.
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