Alpha celebrates “Girls’ ICT Day” to strengthen the participation of women and girls in this sector

Alpha Orascom celebrated the international Girls’ ICT day for the second year running.  This celebration recorded the participation of 25 students in secondary level from various schools in Lebanon. The event aimed to support women and girls’ engagement in the ICT sector and to provide them with opportunities to familiarize with the various challenges offered by the ICT sector.
The event included a tour of Alpha’s technology section in addition to discussions with women directors and staff in the company which provided visiting students with an opportunity to engage with the Alpha women staff and to benefit from their experiences and expertise as well as ask questions about day to day work at the company.  The event was concluded with a competition amongst the students to create Apps so as to test their creative capacities. It is to be noted that this initiative is part of the company’s commitment to strengthen women’s participation in ICT and seeks to contribute to encouraging girls seeking to enter college to choose specializations related to the ICT sector.  To be noted that 40% of Alpha’s employees are women and 21% hold technology related jobs.

Source: Al-Diyar 23 May 2014