TESI team takes key role in WordCamp Lira 2024
It is official and confirmed. WordCamp Lira 2024 shall take place on August 24, 2024 at Lira Town College. This is the first WordCamp to take place in northern Uganda, we the tech community is anxiously waiting for this event. A WordCamp is a big conference of focusing on WordPress, the most popular content management system (CMS) for building websites.
The good news is that several of our volunteers have been accepted and confirmed to serve as volunteers at the WordCamp Lira 2024. These include Francis Kidega, Monica Amuge and Eunice Angom. These have been volunteering with TESI, since 2022. The other five volunteers are also alumni of TESI programmes, particularly the Career & University Readiness Programme (CURP).
In addition to the above, the lead organizer for WordCamp Lira 2024 is Emmanuel Angoda, our founder. Desire Asiimwe our Programmes & Gender Advisor, is one of the seven organizers. These positions mean that TESI has taken a key role in the upcoming WordCamp Lira 2024. This is vital, because as an organization we plan to organize many educational & tech events that support education and skilling of teenagers and youth in northern Uganda.