{"id":1140637,"date":"2022-07-03T10:58:56","date_gmt":"2022-07-03T10:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/03\/22-girls-to-receive-data-analytics-training-under-excel-our-girls-project\/"},"modified":"2022-07-03T10:58:56","modified_gmt":"2022-07-03T10:58:56","slug":"22-girls-to-receive-data-analytics-training-under-excel-our-girls-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/03\/22-girls-to-receive-data-analytics-training-under-excel-our-girls-project\/","title":{"rendered":"22 girls to receive data analytics training under Excel Our Girls project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"top-card-layout__second-subline font-sans text-sm leading-open text-color-text-low-emphasis mt-0.5\">The second edition of Finex Skills Hub\u2019s\u00a0Excel Our Girls project has been launched.<\/p>\n<p class=\"top-card-layout__second-subline font-sans text-sm leading-open text-color-text-low-emphasis mt-0.5\">The project is a sponsored, hands-on training program for girls under 25 in data analytics and coding.<\/p>\n<p>The girls will undergo training to build data-driven apps using Microsoft Excel and Appsheet and will end the project with an app competition where each of them will showcase their apps.<\/p>\n<p>22 girls have been selected for the second edition of the training.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-864677\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Girls-in-Tech.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe objective of the project is to train girls to build data-driven solutions using Microsoft Excel and any other programming language (Python, R, Power BI, Power Apps, AppSheet etc). Each cohort will specialize in a special programming language and use this to build solutions for a recurring national problem,\u201d the hub says in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>It added that, \u201cThe project will empower and create a pool of critical thinkers who will be leaders in providing practical data-driven solutions in their various communities or organizations. The program is currently sponsored by individual donors who believe in this vision of empowering our young girls.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 10-week intensive program features online classroom meetings to teach and discuss topics and assignments, as well as weekly physical workshops where participants will apply learning tips during the week.<\/p>\n<p>The 22 participants will receive guidance and support from industry players on specific projects designed by the girls before their competitive capstone project, where they will build data-driven solutions.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The second edition of Finex Skills Hub\u2019s\u00a0Excel Our Girls project has been launched. The project is a sponsored, hands-on training program for girls under 25 in data analytics and coding. The girls will undergo training to build data-driven apps using Microsoft Excel and Appsheet and will end the project with an app competition where each [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1140639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1140637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1140637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1140637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1140637\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1140637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1140637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1140637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}