It’s an oft-quoted claim, how coding is an unfriendly place to women. Women made up only 21% of Malaysia’s cybersecurity workforce in 2017 (though it was still an impressive number compared to the US’s 11% at the time). But Vani Mahadevan—founder of Malaysia’s first women-only coding school, TechSprint Academy—claimed that …
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Launched in early 2020, Singapore-based startup Doyobi is raising the next generation of change-makers. The edtech just announced a US$ 1 million (S$ 1.37 million) funding round led by 500 Startups and Xoogler Angels. Under Doyobi’s courses, children are taught science and coding fundamentals. Depending on their age group, kids …
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42 (or Ecole 42), the famous school of coding that was first launched in Paris, France, has made its way to Malaysia through a virtual launch by the Minister of Multimedia and Communications Dato’ Saifuddin Abdullah. Called 42 KL here, it is the result of a partnership agreement between Sunway …
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