Ernestina Edem Appiah (born 1977)[1] is a Ghanaian social entrepreneur. She founded the Ghana Code Club as an after-school program to teach children how to write computer programs.[2] She made the "BBC 100 Most Inspirational Women" list in 2015.[1][3]
Ernestina Edem Appiah | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Social entrepreneur |
| Known for | Founder of the Ghana Code Club |
Biography
editErnestina Edem Appiah was born in 1977. She was selected among the British Broadcasting Corporation list of most inspirational women in 2015, the only Ghanaian woman to have made the list in that year. She founded the Ghana Code Club as a non governmental social enterprise that "teaches children computer programming skills" by working with Information and Communications Technology teachers in basic schools to develop programs that can enable the teachers teach children how to "make computer games, animations and websites".[1][4]
Ernestina is a Virtual Assistant by training and at a point had her own virtual assistance business.
She founded her first NGO in 2007, Healthy Career Initiative as a means of sharing and mentoring girls in ICT. This gave rise to the foundations of the Ghana Code Club established in the same year.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c Quashie, Sena. "Pulse Women"s Month: Meet Ernestina Edem Appiah, the ICT whisperer". pulse. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ^ "ISPACE Phoenix Kids awards 53 students". ghananewsagency. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
- ^ "Who are the BBC's 100 Women of 2015?". BBC News. 17 November 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ^ a b "SISTEM one-on-one from Accra, Ghana with Ms. Ernestina Edem Appiah, Founder of Ghana Code Club: An afterschool digital club introducing children between the ages of 8-17 to basic programming skills". istg-africatomorrow.com. Archived from the original on 10 November 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2017.