There is nothing more beautiful than an inspiring story of growth. At Web3Ladies, we had an eventful and impactful 2022. Beyond the challenges, it was our first full calendar year, and there were remarkable achievements from our community. Honestly, the high hasn't worn off yet.
2022 was the year we left our comfort zone, and leapt. Our team had to come up with innovative ideas to empower women and girls in technology across Africa. In addition, we looked at other key partnerships that would help us reach our goal of onboarding over 100,000 women into Web3.
A big thank you to everyone who contributed to Web3 Ladies' success in 2022. We are grateful for your help and will continue to put in more effort. As we look ahead to a more rewarding 2023, here are our 2022 highlights.
Riding on great strides
W3L Cohort III Mentorship Program with Polygon
In the course of the year, we realised that we needed to partner more with other leading communities to achieve the goal of educating and onboarding more ladies into the tech community. W3L Cohort III Mentorship program would not be possible without Polygon, hats off for the support. As a result of this partnership, we were able to offer more training and mentor more women into Web3, having mentored 350 ladies so far in cohorts I & II.
Getting Web2 communities onto Web3 with SheCodeAfrica
As part of our efforts to close the skill gap in tech, we collaborated with SheCode Africa to deliver free blockchain training to ladies. The partnership was a beginner-friendly training and up-skill program for Blockchain enthusiasts which ran for 4 weeks with a focus on Blockchain technology and Smart Contracts. The program provided immersive experiences for participants through mentorship, training schedules, and hands-on project experience.
#WomenWhoCrypto
#WomenWhoCrypto kicked off together with the FTX Africa team. We hosted weekly Twitter Spaces aimed at educating young women about opportunities in the web3 space and how crypto in particular can be leveraged. As always, WAGMI.
It didn’t stop there
Web3 Ladies Work Tool Assistance Program
Along the line, it also became apparent that onboarding more ladies into tech will require more than just training, as training without tools is useless. The work tool program provided laptops, Mifi with over 16GB of data, and inverters to support ladies in their quest to secure their dream tech jobs. Also, we owe our thanks to our individual sponsors who gave passionately to make the assistance program a big hit.
We clocked the big 1
This year we celebrated our 1st anniversary along with 15,000 tech community ladies. It's clear that's an amazing feat. The beneficiaries of our worktool assistance program were also revealed during the celebration. Congratulations once again to the beneficiaries.
Web3ladies moved to Discord.
Having outgrown our previous community home, Discord became our new home. Community members can access banging opportunities, exclusive content like seminars, and mentorship opportunities that aren't available on the Slack community. So if you haven't joined yet, join now!
Out and About
And to cap it all off, we attended some tech events and bonded as a community out of our online home.
Towards the future
And now we welcome the new year. Full of things that have never been.
The year 2023 will be a big year for our community. We are doubling down on partnerships, hands-on mentorship and training programs for newbies and knowbies, grand firechat and community activities, and more earning opportunities for ladies across Africa. We will continue to drive the goal till we have bridged the gender equality gap in the tech ecosystem,
Cheers to a ground-breaking 2023!
