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Christine Camara, talented young coder

« I want to create a programming school for women in Guinea and work in Silicon Valley! »

This is what Christine Camara said at the end of her interview on June 9, after she had just learned, while watching the FATA.school competition award ceremony on our Facebook page, that she was the highest female scorer among our participants. Christine scored 100 points out of 200 on the coding part and also placed well on the networking part.

It was her fellow student Aminata Fofana who had passed on in early May the news about the FATA contest. As usual, this piece of information was passed on through WhatsApp, and more specifically through the Whatsapp group of students from the renowned public university Gamal Abdel Nasser.

Both Christine and Aminata are enrolled in MIAGE (Master in Computer Methods Applied to Business Management) at Gamal. Christine was taught to program in C… on sheets of paper. A self-starter, she also taught herself development skills in C++ and HTML on her own computer. Better still, she successfully participated in the Digifemmes recruitment contest in Ivory Coast, passed the "pool" test and is currently in Abidjan to train in Full Stack. Of this training, funded by USAID, Christine says she appreciates having all the necessary equipment at her disposal to practice.

This is the first time that Christine finds herself outside of Guinea and far from her parents. She misses her mom dearly. This particular challenge is worth it though, Christine is motivated by professional success, ready for a few sacrifices here and there. She intends to return to Guinea one day and work for women!

A talented, brave young woman, she did not hesitate to participate in the FATA.school competition from Abidjan. She loved the treasure hunt, which, according to her, required to get into a hacker mindset to find the secret password. Winning a computer was motivating, but surpassing herself was worth more !

Congratulations Christine for an inspiring interview filled with positive energy. We wish you good luck for your training in Ivory Coast and for your adventures across the globe, before your long-awaited return to Guinea.

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