SafeFuture Community Action Network Inc., facilitate the provision of information for this fellow – mentor program for African women in technology. This exchange visitor program by a United States organization is designed to empowers the next generation of women leaders in the technology field by bringing together women in Northern California with their counterparts in the Middle East, Central Asia, North Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa for a professional mentorship and exchange program at leading technology companies.

The initiative identifies emerging leaders with expertise in technology to attend a five-week program that includes project-based mentorships at leading companies in Silicon Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area. The women also attend workshops, networking events, a conference, and meetings in Washington, D.C.

Participants are women in professional careers that require significant knowledge of, and skill in technology. “Technology” should be interpreted broadly to include – but not be limited to – the fields of science, education, and business.

2018 fellows and mentors collaborate on science research

In 2018, fellows Edith Mugehu (Zimbabwe) and Ijeoma Ezika (Nigeria) were hosted at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, learning about biotechnology and computer science alongside Professional Mentors Jacqueline Scoggins and Daniela Ushizima. Using Edith’s data from her research in Zimbabwe, the fellows and their mentors collaborated to create a set of data analysis methods to evaluate sugarcane genotype production.

2021- 2022 Cohort Application will be opening soon!