 Tech Women Nigeria alumni group has issued certificates to 10 young women after six weeks of mentorship. The program, which is in partnership with the United States Consulate, is to encourage Nigerian women and girls to pursue studies and careers in science and technology, just in Tel Aviv Q, reports. In the spirit of International Women's Day, these young people have been celebrated having gone through a six-week training in the field of technology. The U.S. government says such program will advance equality across sub-Saharan Africa, promote opportunities for women and efforts to prevent and respond to gender-based violence. This is exactly what we want to see. We make an investment because we believe in our partnership with Nigeria. You know, tech is not, this is not an easy industry. We know you have the brains, we know you have the motivation. Now what you need is the tenacity. It is an opportunity for us today to say and stand strong, to say that these young adults that are coming up, we are ready to help. The event also captured the presentation of certificates to the 10 mentees. This has been a worthwhile experience, a very good one. I'm happy we did this. This is the first edition and we look forward to scaling this, to bringing more women, bringing more entrepreneurs, bringing more people who are looking forward to professions and career in technology, to be able to get mentored because mentorship goes a long way. Mentorship is like standing, is literally standing on the shoulder of giants. When we just use that word technology, it becomes very vast. It becomes like something that is very difficult. But believe me honestly, technology starts from, you know, the little that you do, even with your phone. How well do you know your phone? This is Nigerian women in tech giving back to young women, future leaders in tech. And we couldn't be more proud of all of them and we're so proud to be able to support them. The mentees expressed their excitement to be enrolled and positioned to change the narrative in the male dominated industry. It was amazing and the middle understand that being into the tech field is not far-fetched. It's not based on you knowing how to code because most of the things are not just coding. So you can be into tech without the knowledge of coding. I don't know how to code and I'm in tech now. Tech is something that I can do and every girl and every woman that looks forward to, you know, having a career in technology can actually come in and also break the bias on that part. I've learned so many things. On this my career path, there's no way I'm going to falter because of the foundation of tech women as beautiful The mentees will further use their contacts, network and knowledge to advance in their professions. Jacinta Ubuku, plus TV News.