Catalyst2021

Catalyst2021 was organized by Tech Girls Club & SuccessWay Marks Foundation in partnership with American Corner to commemorate the International Day of Women & Girls in Science had about 400 people in attendance from different countries. We had 4 different secondary schools that were viewing centres and had their girls connected to the event virtually. These schools are Queens College, Lagos; Regan Memorial Baptist Girls' Secondary School, Yaba; Heritage Global Academy, Ikorodu & Holy Child College, Ikoyi.

The programme was an interactive session with a young girl named Victory Yinka-Banjo who recently broke record and also her mother who doubles as her mentor. Victory a science student had 9 A1's in WAEC, 8.5/9.0 in IELTS and equally smashed her other local and international exams. She was rated top 1% in all the exams she sat for. Her mother is a reputable computer scientist and lectures at the University of Lagos.