We finally know the
2019 cohort who will represent Algeria in Techwomen program. As a warm and
early welcome to our club, Fatima Zohra BENHAMIDA, 2017 TechWomen
Fellow organized a
session of predeparture orientation to Algeria TechWomen 2019 .In collaboration
with Nadia Ouhenia, Cultural Affairs Assistant, the session was hosted at US Embassy Algiers on July 2nd,
2019.
As an alumna of TechWomen and a board
member of TechWomen TechGirls Club , Fatima shared her experience with the new emerging leaders Imene Henni mansour ,
Sara DIB , Imane Chekirine and Celia Ouabas .
Fatima provided different tips to the
new participants in order to help them get prepared to TechWomen experience From
September 28th to November 3rd, 2019.
The discussion covered the core components of the program:
Professional Mentorship, Impact Project, Cultural Kick off. In addition to some
tricks about packaging and living in the bay area.
We are thrilled to share
with you their outstanding profiles :)
Imene Henni Mansour
28 years Old, Imene Henni Mansour is
the co-founder and the CEO of Innocom, a communication agency in Algeria since
February 2018. She is also the manager of Khibra Academy, a professional
training school in Blida.
Imene started social activities and
volunteering in 2012 by creating the first computer science club in her city,
and then joining Webdays, an international NGO that aims to promote technology
and involve companies to digitize their systems. In 2015, she joined Arab Women
in Technologies, and she started to organize NASA Space app challenges in
Algeria each year.
In 2017, she has been selected by the
International Leadership program powered by Prince`s Trust UK as a young leader
and she represented Algeria in Windsor Castel, where she has been honored by
the Prince Charle. In 2018, she has been selected as a young leader by Swedish
Institute. And she represented Algeria in Young Leadership Visitor Program in
Stockholm. Imene is very passionate by technology and education, and she is
hardly working on promoting IT training specially for girls.
For this reason, Imene joined Maharat
Program, A World Learning program that aims to help Girls to build themselves
and to create their own strong path career. Her DREAM is to create a digital
ecosystem to consolidate all lover of computer science and technology.
Sara DIB
Sara DIB is a
mental math trainer for children. She is responsible for teaching children
SOROBAN, a Japanese method based on "natural calculating device" called
Abacus, aim to develop their mental abilities and improve their arithmetic in funny
way.
She played an
important role in helping children developing their concentration, reflection capacities,
imagination, and self-confidence. Some of them made a quality leap in their
educational class.
Before being
a trainer, Sara served as a purchase manager at a private company where she was
in charge of raw material procurement from different areas in the world. .
She holds a
master's degree in Automation and Control Engineering from Faculty of
Hydrocarbons and chemistry, University of Boumerdes.
Sara believes
in learning; her goal is to empower children and
youth to be effective people in the society, support them to reach their
interest and guiding them to be leaders in order to participate in the change
we want to see in this world through Education.
Imane Chekirine
Imane CHEKIRINE is a Senior IT and
Risk consultant with more than 10 years of experience. She has an extensive
background in Telecom, System Administration, Risk and technology projects.
She is an analytical and conceptual
thinker who effectively partners with managers to assess opportunities,
facilitate strategic decisions and drive successful implementations.
Imane is particularly skilled at
group facilitation and enjoys forging consensus among people with diverging
ideas and opinions. Imane has worked on a broad array of projects in industries
ranging from financial services and Telecom to education.
Imane holds an MSc in IS Management
degree from the University of Roehampton, London, she worked for 8 years in
Mobilis, worked as a teacher and joined EY, in 2019. At the same time, she
started with a small professional team, sharing the same vision and mission
establishing a nonprofit startup dedicated to improving the quality of
education in Algeria.
Celia Ouabas
Celia Ouabas , holding a Master
Degree in Intelligent Computer Systems from University of Science and
Technology Houari Boumedienne (USTHB) , joined BNP Paribas El Djazair as an IT
Project Manager where she worked on Information system projects of the bank .Previously ,she worked as an
English Instructor at Berlitz International School as a part time job during her master studies.
Being selected to TechWomen 2019,
Celia aim to learn more about machine learning and data mining .She wants to
explore project management methods in Silicon Vally companies.
Improve her soft skills and work in
environment where creativity and innovation are valuable are among the top of
her career priorities.
Please join us in congratulating the
new ambassadors of Algerian Women in Silicon Valley :)
We look forward to welcoming all of
them in our TechWomen TechGirl Club next November 2019 :)
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