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How Tanzania is betting on coding to help close the gender gap in its tech sector

How Tanzania is betting on coding to help close the gender gap in its tech sector

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Every Saturday morning Hyasinta Luhanga, 18, squeezes into a room in the Majumba Sita neighborhood near Dar es Salaam’s international airport with more than two dozen girls. They’re there to learn how to code. Luhanga is a participant in a program by social enterprise Apps & Girls, which aims to train…