Top 20 Women Techsters Capstone Project
The Women Techsters Fellowship career week was held from the 27th of March 2023 till the 31st of March 2023. It was a week-long virtual event organized to showcase the technical competencies of the Women Techsters Fellowship beneficiaries to employers in the technology ecosystem for internship and entry-level tech job opportunities. This career week was the first Women Techsters Fellowship Career week with a job fair.
Before the career week, 1,000 beneficiaries of the Women Techsters were broken down into 79 groups, and they were assigned capstone projects to work on. These women created and presented 79 exceptional solutions cutting across SDGs 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, and 11, which are Zero Hunger, Good health and well-being, Quality Education, Affordable and clean energy, Decent work and economic growth, Industry, innovation, and infrastructure, sustainable cities and communities respectively.
From the 79 groups that presented, 20 groups were selected to display their projects at the Women Techsters Fellowship Career week. The top 20 distinguishing groups that displayed their projects were; Groups 8, 9, 19, 27, 31, 38, 39, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 51, 52, 59, 70, 72, 75, 76, and 80.
Group 8 worked on PharmTracka, an app that patients can log in to record their readings, in addition to receiving prompts and reminders to take their drugs and health readings and providing the pharmacist with up-to-date records to monitor and provide the needed support.
Group 9 worked on Route Rider, a platform to help Africans and African businesses utilize efficiency, productivity, and income generation through real-time logistics and logistics brokerage. This platform allows vehicle/freight vehicle owners, drivers, and smaller logistic companies to offer logistic services to everyday individuals and business owners. This enables income generation and cements the trust between drivers and clients while changing the flawed stereotype about the logistics industry in Nigeria.
Group 19 worked on creating HealthTech Solutions for Amex Diagnostics. The team intends to build a mobile application to provide customers with a purely automated system that will enable faster appointment booking, solve their traffic problems, and improve quality laboratory services to customers in the long run.
Group 27 worked on Eco-Elites, a Greentech solution for poor waste management aimed at bridging the gap between waste depositors and recyclers, helping recycling organizations reduce overhead and operation costs while also making it easier for individuals and organizations to dispose of their plastic waste properly and contribute to the global effort to reduce plastic waste pollution.
Group 31 worked on Kwakol Academy, an online learning platform that offers anyone, anywhere, access to financial independence through advanced online courses.
Group 38 worked on Fin-Tracka, a Book-Keeping and Professional Consultancy for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) that provide consultancy services to aid businesses in creating better strategies for overcoming organizational uncertainties.
Group 39 worked on Ajo, a Digital Saving Application that provides an innovative solution for group savings for SMEs and individuals. The app offers a range of savings options to cater to the specific needs of users. The short-term saving option allows users to save for immediate or short-term goals, while the long-term savings option allows users to save for bigger, long-term goals such as starting a business, house rent, school fees, or relocation plans.
Group 42 worked on Coin Coach Website, an EdTech WebApp solution providing simplified and interactive blockchain and cryptocurrency learning to Africans, especially Nigerians. The platform provides young adults and tech enthusiasts with learning resources, Entrepreneurs and business owners with an avenue to make better and swift financial decisions, and Tech experts in the blockchain industry with an online terrain to showcase their training/knowledge to a specific audience.
Group 43 worked on Imoto.ng, a platform that connects customers (car owners) to auto service providers (mechanics, vulcanizers, spare parts sellers, and diagnosis companies) at no cost to the customers.
Group 44 worked on Habitual, a habit formation app that helps specific people cultivate a good habit or break a bad habit. It also allows individuals to keep track of their progress in trying to build healthy habits or break a bad ones.
Group 45 worked on U-Tenders, a platform where buyers can purchase resources at reasonable prices. This platform saves buyers and vendors a lot of time, promotes healthy competition between SMEs, and provides good publicity.
Group 47 worked on Choppings Food Hub. This hub aims to help small and local restaurants gain more market shares and profits by improving their service with many features and giving them a platform to compete with existing established brands.
Group 51 worked on HiddenGem, a platform that enables travelers to select and book possible local tour guides to help them safely explore tourism centers based on preferences, area of specialty, price point, and rating.
Group 52 worked on updates for Snarkhealth, an existing telemedicine product in Kenya. The team built a dashboard for their doctors to help them monitor their KPIs, schedule an appointment, communicate with the patient, and check patient records to help Snarkhealth achieve its primary goal of offering quality health care for its patients.
Group 59 worked on The Mothers’ Haven, an online solution for pregnant women and moms to find tailored, personalized information and help for their journeys. This platform offers customized insights, a feature to help them with fitness and diet regimens or programs for mothers who wish to return to their pre-pregnancy bodies.
Group 70 worked on Dime, a website and mobile application that serves the purpose of a comprehensive financial management tool that allows individuals or businesses to monitor their expenses, budget, sales growth, profit, and turnover monthly.
Group 72 worked on Ecoverse, a one-stop digital community platform for recycling stakeholders and enthusiasts. The platform seeks to connect all the players involved in the recycling value chain, such as individuals, organizations, and businesses focused on sustainability.
Group 75 worked on Home Haven, a real estate web app that makes renting houses or buying properties easier for renters. This solution seeks to bridge the gap between property owners and renters by making it easy for property owners to upload their properties.
Group 76 worked on FertilityPal, a one-stop web app designed to promote female fertility and health by providing women with reliable information about all matters relating to fertility, such as associated causative factors, prevention, early warning signs, and as well as information on overall sexual and reproductive health. It allows users to easily access verified information from health specialists that will make them informed choices to improve fertility.
Group 80 worked on Trestle, an online platform that allows small and medium business owners to get funded in their various businesses by linking them with angel investors and venture capitalists and providing them with the necessary funding and resources they need for their services.
We are so impressed by the solutions the teams have come up with, and we are thankful to all the judges that made time from their busy schedules to show up and give their honest reviews.
The Women Techsters Fellowship is still actively searching for jobs and internship partners. Did any group projects intrigue you, and are you looking to hire new talents, especially for entry-level and internship roles? Then please register here.
