.WomensDay : While South Africa has taken strides to close the gender gap in industries across the board, women still remain vastly under-represented in the technology space.
In leadership positions at these global tech giants, women make up only 28%, with men representing 72%.
Women are under-represented in maths and statistics , ICT and technology , as well as engineering, manufacturing and construction . This imbalance between men and women in the technology sector could only be remedied unless organisations, schools and universities work together to change entrenched perceptions about the tech industry.
She heads the University of Western Cape's academic department of information systems. She strongly believes that technology is no longer a luxury in the education space but is a necessity.Sineke is the head of the OfferZen Foundation, working hard to improve diversity and inclusion in tech.
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