Hello Sustainable Friends and welcome to this episode titled:  Importance of Role Models for Women and Girls in Technology (STEM)  I had an awesome interview session with our guest Jadesola Adedeji the co-founder of STEM METS who is passionate about all things STEM.

Highlights:

• Jadesola is a social entrepreneur who is changing what education looks like in Nigeria by delivering Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) based activities to develop the skills for the future workplace.
• Her desire to engage her own children in meaningful and creative enrichment programmes by extension enabled her to extend similar opportunities to other children in her community and beyond.
• Together with her friend the late Dr Funmi Ogunwuyi STEM METS was founded in 2013.
• To date, they have empowered over 18000 learners who have accessed their programmes. They have enjoyed partnerships with international, award-winning educational technological providers and implement robotics and coding programmes on behalf of Airbus Foundation in Nigeria.
• The importance of role models is key for development as you will find out in this episode.

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Many thanks,

@Tokunbo Ifaturoti

@Let'sActAfrica

#March 2023