Moniepoint kicks off the third edition of women-in-tech internship

<p>Moniepoint, one of Africa’s leading Fintechs, which provides banking services for businesses, has kicked off the third edition of its women in tech internship with a premium event to celebrate the new intake of emerging women in technology.</p>, <p>The event brought together brilliant all-women technical minds within and outside Moniepoint, including Adora Nwodo and Chisom Nwokwu, software engineers at Microsoft and Zulumoke Oyibo, co-founder of Inkblot Productions.</p>, <p>The event, themed ‘Tech dreams, activated’, was focused on welcoming the new interns into the company and equipping them with ample knowledge to spur them on their journey.</p>, <p>Held at ‘The House’ in Victoria Island, Lagos, the event was a vibrant mix of career talks, interactive hands-on activities, and exciting games. It helped foster a shared sense of camaraderie and a deep understanding of what it means to build a career in tech as a woman.</p>, <p>Each year since 2021, Moniepoint has had five women join their team to work on their products in real-time, doing impactful work in technology as they create solutions to improve the experiences for over a million businesses in emerging markets.</p>, <p>Aimed at ensuring that young African women have access to build a career in technology, the six-month long internship has seen women join the company in full-time roles after the internship period.</p>, <p>This year, five women have been accepted via the internship to join Moniepoint in four roles; system administration, quality assurance, front end engineering and product management. Each woman will receive direct mentorship during the internship. Other perks include a salary, work tools, merchandise, the opportunity to work on live projects during the internship and an offer of full-time employment depending on assessment after the internship.</p>, <p>“It is important to us to not just build the tech talent pipeline across Africa, but to create the pathway for full-time careers in the industry. Beyond just exploring roles in tech, statis