Vodafone Ghana’s CEO, Patricia Obo-Nai, has reiterated Vodafone Ghana’s dedication to fostering feminine expertise within the science and expertise sectors.
The CEO was talking when she joined a panel of audio system on the “Inspiring the Subsequent Generation of Ladies Innovators” occasion held at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Expertise (KNUST) final week.
The occasion, attended by 2000 younger women and men from varied junior and senior excessive faculties, aimed to encourage and empower the subsequent era of feminine leaders in science and expertise.
She stated “Subsequent month, in partnership with the Ministry of Communication and Digitalisation, Vodafone Ghana might be inspiring 100 women from the three Bono areas in Ladies in ICT Open Day at our head workplace.”
The corporate, she stated, aimed to reveal younger ladies to real-world science functions and encourage them to pursue careers in these fields.
The CEO additionally shared her insights on the significance of competence and information in overcoming prejudices.
“Take your information within the science, your love for math, your love for statistics, your love for engineering, and convey it to the table. Research laborious. That’s what you are able to do for your self,” she stated.
In attendance on the occasion was Melissa Nobles, Chancellor of the Massachusetts Institute of Expertise (MIT), Prof. Mrs Rita Akosua Dickson, Vice Chancellor of KNUST, and Prof. Mrs Ibok Nsa Oduro, President of Ladies in Science, Expertise, Engineering, Arithmetic (WiSTEM).
Ms Melissa Nobles additionally emphasised the significance of making ready younger Africans for future management roles throughout varied fields.
“The world will want the folks on this room to guide,” she stated, underlining the necessity for girls to be on the forefront of innovation and management.
The “Inspiring the Subsequent Era of Ladies Innovators” occasion is a part of a broader effort to encourage extra ladies to enter and excel within the fields of science and technology, and to make sure that they’re ready to guide and innovate in a quickly altering world.
BY TIMES REPORTER