How can we boost numbers of women engineers in Africa

Mar 9, 2016

People and traffic move along a busy street in Lagos, Nigeria, May 24,2005. The African Union (AU) celebrates Africa Day on Wednesday May 25, marking the anniversary of the founding in 1963 of the Organization of African Unity, replaced in 2002 by the AU as the driving force behind the struggle for peace, democracy, development, human rights and good governance on the worlds poorest continent. REUTERS/George Esiri FOR/LA - RTRCDC7

People and traffic move along a busy street in Lagos. Image: REUTERS/George Esiri

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