Creating a Digital Generation
Empowering girls and young women through technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship.
Closing the Digital Gender Gap Since 2013
Building confidence, skills, and leadership for the next generation of women in tech.
From Learners to Innovators
Supporting girls to design solutions, launch ventures, and shape their communities.
Who We Are
Empowering Girls to Shape the Future
Apps and Girls is a Tanzanian award‑winning nonprofit dedicated to reducing the gender gap in technology. Founded in 2013, we equip girls and young women from diverse backgrounds with digital skills, mentorship, and opportunities to become tech entrepreneurs, innovators, and leaders.
Our Mission
Why Our Work Matters
Women and girls are significantly underrepresented in technology across Tanzania and Sub‑Saharan Africa. By offering coding clubs, advanced ICT training, and entrepreneurship programs, we help girls gain confidence, critical thinking, and practical skills that open doors to new opportunities in education, employment, and innovation. Teaching young women tech also contributes to solving community challenges — from healthcare to sustainable solutions driven by local creativity.
What We Do
Our Programs
Our holistic approach includes weekly coding clubs, advanced training through the Jovia and GSI programs, mentorship networks, and innovation events that help girls build projects, launch ventures, and pursue tech careers.
Coding Clubs
Girls in STEM & ICT (GSI) Program
Jovia Programme
Mentorship & Incubation
Tech & Innovation Events
Our Reach
Impact & Reach
Through strategic partnerships and community engagement, Apps and Girls has expanded its reach across multiple regions. Our programs have equipped tens of thousands of girls with valuable ICT and entrepreneurial skills, enabling them to pursue meaningful careers and launch innovative projects. The Jovia Programme alone has impacted more than 14,900 girls and young women.
Success Story
Featured Success Story
“I believe the future is bright for me. These are transferable skills I can use for the rest of my life.”
— Modesta, Alumni at Apps and Girls
Global Recognition
In 2023, the Jovia Programme under the Girls and Young Women Empowerment initiative was selected as one of five global champions in the WSIS Prize and won the award in the e‑employment category, recognizing our impact in closing the digital gender divide and fostering ICT and entrepreneurship training.
Together We Grow
Our Partners & Supporters
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