Join high school-aged girls from around the world as they try to improve their community through technology and collaboration in this thrilling, heartfelt documentary.
By 2017, the app market will be valued at $77 Billion. Over 80% of these developers are male. The Technovation Challenge aims to change that by empowering girls worldwide to develop apps for an international competition. From rural Moldova to urban Brazil to suburban Massachusetts, CODEGIRL follows teams who dream of holding their own in the world's fastest-growing industry. The winning team gets $10K to complete and release their app, but every girl discovers something valuable along the way.
Screening in original version (English) with Spanish subtitles
Technology and entrepreneurship – girls only
In collaboration with the NGO Iridescent and its Technovation Challenge program, which promotes the development of technology among girls, teams of between 1 and 5 participants will be formed.
These teams will identify a real social problem, create an app and a business plan to solve it, launch the app on the market, and present their business plan to experts, participating in a global competition.
No previous experience is necessary. The app will be programmed using the App Inventor online platform and the Lean Startup and Design Thinking methodology will be followed to develop the business plan.
More information in http://www.technovationchallenge.org/
The program is taught by volunteer mentors who guide the girls. We have mentors from Microsoft, BT, EJE&CON, UCLA Alumni Club, Airbus, Acciona, etc.