The STEMpower-Finland Embassy-IBM SkillsBuild Digital Skills Training

The Finland Embassy in Ethiopia and STEMpower Ethiopia recently partnered with IBM SkillsBuild to provide women with digital skills training. We now present some data findings of that online program, known as "Diligence" (or “ትጋት” in the Amharic language of Ethiopia.)

While our goal was 1,000 women graduates, we tripled that goal. 3,160 women successfully earned their graduation certificates.

As of this writing, we are aware of at least 40 women who have subsequently entered the job market through the "Diligence" program's direct network and support system. Many more graduates report that they now feel confident enough to start their own businesses for sustainable income generation.

STEMpower invites similar partnerships to scale the program further in Ethiopia, or to replicate in any Sub-Sahara African country, as our STEM Centers are now operating in two-thirds of the countries on the subcontinent. The demand is huge and unmet.