MEDO ‘Women in STEM Space programme’ Case Study

MEDO became aware that many companies face a big challenge – a lack of skilled STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths) employees, specifically women.  With this in mind, the ‘Women in Stem Space Programme’ launched on Youth Day, June 2015, achieving impressive media coverage and catapulting the programme into reality. To date 150 girls have gone through the programme with another 500 scheduled for 2016. The next phase of the project sees Africa’s first fully privately owned satellite launched into orbit in 2016.