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The theme of the Forum is: "Meeting the Climate Challenge for Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) and Africa."Participants debated on climate and health solutions; climate, agriculture, and biodiversity best practices; sustainable energy and water and sanitation for Africa and Small Island Developing States (SIDS); advancing innovation in agriculture, health and land use; improving the participation of women and youth in scientific and technological training; and processes for frugal green innovations with value-added for SIDS and African economies.

The Working to Advance STEM Education for African Women (WAAW) Foundation 2016 STEM Camp targets 40 under-represented senior secondary girls aged 13 – 17 years. The aim of the STEM camp program is to increase girls' interest and confidence in STEM, provide digital literacy training and create online peer networking platform, where girls connect and continue to learn and improve their technology skills. Girls will be introduced to computer science & programming, mobile application development and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) hand-on curriculum.

"We are excited to announce the launching of WAAW foundation's African Women Engineering, Leadership and Entrepreneurship (AWELE) Academy – a 12 week coding, leadership and technology entrepreneurship boot-camp/school in Lagos, Nigeria." Said, Ebele Agu, WAAW Vice-president. AWELE academy is an immersive software engineering school for African women that focuses on Technology Leadership and Entrepreneurship.

WAAW foundation STEM camps are weeklong learning experiences in STEM that introduces African girls between the ages of 13 and 17 years who are currently enrolled in Senior Secondary School SS1 - SS3 to the fun of STEM through innovative hands-on learning challenges. "Our camps target girls from Public/Government school or low income families who would otherwise not have the opportunity to learn about or be exposed to possible STEM careers and learning in a fun, interactive and hands-on way. The idea is to introduce girls to STEM in general and to see that it is fun and interesting," says program director, Tolulope Owajoba

The WAAW foundation scholars were selected on the basis of academic merit in a field of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math disciplines and demonstration of financial need.

Yejide Kilanko selected WAAW foundation along with the World readers as beneficiaries of the proceeds from her second book "CHASING BUTTERFLIES", she said, "Proceeds from the sale of this edition of CHASING BUTTERFLIES will benefit Worldreader and the Working to Advance African Women (WAAW) Foundation. Both organizations make a huge difference in the lives of children, their families and communities."

WAAW STEM camps are weeklong learning experiences in STEM that introduces African girls between the ages of 13 and 17 years who are currently enrolled in Senior Secondary School SS1 - SS3 to the fun of STEM through innovative hands-on learning challenges. WAAW program director, Tolulope Owajoba said, "Our camps target girls from Public/Government school or low income families who would otherwise not have the opportunity to learn about or be exposed to possible STEM careers and learning in a fun, interactive and hands-on way."

WITI--(Women in Technology International), the leading global business organization for women in technology with more than 150,000 members worldwide, announced today its keynote speakers and session topics for its 21st Annual Summit. The Summit will focus on IoT (Internet of Things), Big Data, Leadership, Cloud, Community Brand Building and how women in technology are enhancing our lives and world by bringing the "Internet to Life". WITI is still taking reservations for the Summit that will be held May 31-June 2, 2015 at the Doubletree by Hilton San Jose.

Working to Advance STEM Education for African Women (WAAW) Foundation's camp will be held from July 28th to August 2nd at the Global International School Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria from July 28th to August 2nd, 2014. The theme of the 2014 camp is Robotics and Computer Programming and Renewable Energy for Africa.

WAAW Foundation is pleased to announce the sponsors for the annual scholarship given to deserving girls who have demonstrated financial need and have an excellent academic record. WAAW awards scholarships of $500/year for African women who have gained undergraduate admission to an institution of higher learning in Africa and are studying a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) related course.