# WomEng

> WomEng is a South African nonprofit and social enterprise developing girls and women for engineering and technology through school outreach, student fellowships, mentorship, leadership development and partner advisory. Its related entrepreneurship programmes are delivered through WomHub, which the current WomEng website identifies as its parent.

- **Founded:** 2006
- **Headquarters:** Sandton, South Africa
- **Founders:** Naadiya Moosajee (Co-founder), Hema Vallabh (Co-founder)
- **Products:** LaunchPad and GirlEng, #1MillionGirlsinSTEM, Southern Africa Fellowship, TVET Fellowship, Future Skills Programme
- **Notable:** First GirlEng cohort graduated as engineers in South Africa in 2014, according to WomEng., The 2018-2020 Africa Catalyst initiative reached 365 school students, 200 tertiary students and over 100 women in professional bodies, according to the Royal Academy of Engineering., The Africa Catalyst initiative helped establish a women-in-engineering body in eSwatini.

## Products & services

- **LaunchPad and GirlEng** — School-age STEM awareness, career mapping, engineering games, build activities and mentorship. GirlEng began in 2010.
- **#1MillionGirlsinSTEM** — Ten-year campaign launched in 2017 with UNESCO collaboration, aiming to reach one million girls through STEM awareness and education; uses ambassador toolkits.
- **Southern Africa Fellowship** — Partner-backed leadership, innovation, well-being, employability and renewable-energy learning for eligible women students in South Africa, Botswana and Namibia.
- **TVET Fellowship** — De Beers-backed support for female students in vocational engineering pathways.
- **Future Skills Programme** — Online AI and cybersecurity courses for women engineers across sub-Saharan Africa; the documented course ran July-August 2021.
- **Africa Catalyst capacity building** — Royal Academy of Engineering-supported institutional strengthening and school and university outreach with African women-in-engineering bodies.
- **Diversity, equity and inclusion advisory** — Bespoke partner consulting, training and leadership development using experiential learning and coaching.
- **Entrepreneurship programmes via WomHub** — Incubators, accelerators and support ecosystems for women who found STEM businesses; distinguish WomHub delivery from WomEng programmes.
- **Training for Green** — WomHub and IYBA-Seed six-month hybrid programme scheduled March-August 2026 for female engineering students aged 18-35 in South Africa.
- **WomHub Digital Skills Programme** — Twelve-month scholarship pathway offering CCNA preparation/qualification and networking, AI and data-science skills for eligible young women in Gauteng or Postmasburg.
- **GirlEng Technovation Camp** — Four-day programme advertised for June-July 2026, combining mentors, career mapping, an innovation challenge, coding and robotics.

## Achievements

- First GirlEng cohort graduated as engineers in South Africa in 2014, according to WomEng.
- The 2018-2020 Africa Catalyst initiative reached 365 school students, 200 tertiary students and over 100 women in professional bodies, according to the Royal Academy of Engineering.
- The Africa Catalyst initiative helped establish a women-in-engineering body in eSwatini.
- De Beers reported more than 6,500 girls engaged through the WomEng partnership in the 2025 HeForShe impact report.
- De Beers described WomEng as having worked across 24 countries in March 2022.

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Training for Green was scheduled to begin a March-August 2026 programme; applications had a 20 March deadline.
- **2026-06** — GirlEng advertised a Johannesburg Technovation Camp for 30 June-3 July 2026.
- **2026-07** — GirlEng advertised an East London Technovation Camp for 7-10 July 2026. These are published schedules, not verified completion reports.

## Links

- Website: https://www.womeng.org/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/womeng-women-in-engineering
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/_WomEng
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womeng/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/womeng

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Last updated: 2026-10-08