Renowned data and strategy firm, 10Alytics, has granted tech scholarships to 300 women and 50 men across the globe as part of commitments made during the 2024 International Women’s Day.
The firm said in a statement that the scholarship program, which was originally tailored to women in tech, was extended to men based on popular demand and also the critical role that they play in serving as allies for women in tech.
At the conclusion of the previous stream of the scholarship program, which saw over 850 applications, netizens lauded the EdTech firm for the great initiative, while urging them to host a similar initiative for men.
As such, the firm, in its call for applications in March, revealed that scholarships will be awarded to 300 women and 50 men, as they believed that the men would act as allies/ advocates that will lend their voices to ensure more women gain easy transition into the tech industry.
According to the statement, successful candidates were awarded partial funding (up to 50%) to study any of its courses, ranging from Data Analytics, Business Analysis, Data Engineering, Full Stack Data Science, Scrum Master, Financial Analytics, Cybersecurity, and HR Analytics.
The statement read in part, “Our programs are beginner-friendly, dedicated to taking individuals from zero to professional, and include no-code, low code, and code-related programs.
“The discounted fee would also provide access to our value-added services, which are tailored towards producing well-rounded data and tech professionals. These services include CV review, LinkedIn optimization, Freelancer (Upwork) optimization, weekly Mentorship, navigating the job market (United Kingdom, United States of America, Canada and Africa), recommendation letters, as well as interview preparation sessions.”
Speaking on the initiative, 10Alytics Founder, Adeiza Suleman, said the program aims to provide comprehensive and beginner-friendly tech education that takes individuals from zero to professional levels and promote gender balance in the tech industry by supporting women and recognizing men as allies who help achieve this goal.
He stated that the program will run in 2 cohorts, starting April 6 and May 4, respectively, and consist of no-code, low-code, and code-related programs.
Co-founder, 10Alytics, Efemena Ikpro, reiterated the company’s dedication to increasing the number of women and Africans, generally, in the global data and tech space.
He noted that scholarship scheme was established to encourage more women to enter the tech and data fields.
“This initiative is part of efforts to lower the entry barrier into tech for Africans and particularly support women in achieving their goals,” Efemena added.
About 10Alytics
10Alytics is the leading EdTech helping people learn premium tech skills and lowering the entry barrier into tech for Africans. Focused on building the capacity and practical application of big data to enable participants and clients to achieve data-driven decisions.
Over the past 4 years, 10Alytics has helped over 2,000 people across the world transition from training to full-time roles as Data Analysts, Scientists, Business Analysts, etc in some of the biggest organizations across different regions including Nigeria, USA, UK, Germany, UAE, Canada, Sweden, France, Ghana just to mention a few. This was achieved by equipping participants with both the technical and employability skills required to land jobs with the biggest organizations anywhere in the world.
Founded by Adeiza Suleman and Efemena Ikpro, the firm also has a consulting arm, which thrives to shape the data culture of organizations: how companies gather, analyze, and extract insights from data.
Some laudable projects delivered to clients involved, designing and deploying Data Warehouses and equipping corporate clients with real-time dashboards of their data, and distilling performance on pre-approved metrics have proven to be useful in enabling companies to make data-driven decisions.
