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WAAW Foundation - Working to Advance STEM Education For African Girls
WAAW (Working to Advance STEM Education for African Women) Foundation is a 501(c) non-profit organization founded in 2007 by Dr Unoma Okorafor, while she was a Ph.D. student in Computer Engineering.

Headquartered in Wylie Texas with the African Office in Lagos Nigeria, WAAW Foundation's mission is to increase the participation of African girls in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) related disciplines, and to ensure that girls in African are is engaged in technology innovation to benefit the African continent.

WAAW Foundation provides College Scholarships to African girls studying STEM disciplines, organizes residential STEM Robotics and programming camps and operates several STEM outreach and mentoring cells in University campuses across Africa. WAAW Foundation has operational cells the several Universities including:


 * University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
 * Federal University of Science and Technology Minna, Nigeria
 * University of Benin, Nigeria
 * Delta State University, Nigeria
 * Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
 * National Advanced School of Engineering, Cameroon
 * University of Lome, Togo
 * University of Nairobi, Kenya
 * Jomo Kenyetta University, Kenya
 * Makarere University, Uganda
 * University of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
 * Catholic University of Malawi, Malawi
 * University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa

WAAW Foundation's model is to train secondary and college African girls with hands on technology innovation skills and to attract them to Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) careers by; (1) using locally available resources, and (2) Empowering girls to go back into their communities and train others. WAAW Foundation impacts thousands of African girls each year.

WAAW Foundation's work was recognized with the 2013 Anita Borg's Change agent Award. The Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (ABI) connects, inspires, and guides women in computing and organizations that view technology innovation as a strategic imperative. It was founded in 1997 by computer scientist Anita Borg. ABI believes technology innovation powers the global economy, and that women are crucial to building technology the world needs. As a social enterprise, ABI recognizes women making positive contributions, and advice organizations on how to improve performance by building more inclusive teams. . WAAW Foundation has also received support from the Engineering Information Foundation and from Google through the Rise Awards in 2013 and 2014.