In a room above a mosque, teen girls code their way to a brighter future

By Thomas Page, for CNN

Updated 1100 GMT (1900 HKT) April 2, 2015

Young girls in Nima, a slum in north Accra, are receiving coding lessons in this classroom, located above a local mosque.
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Young girls in Nima, a slum in north Accra, are receiving coding lessons in this classroom, located above a local mosque.
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Tech entrepreneur and mentor Regina Agyare, center, pictured with some of her students in Nima.
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Tech entrepreneur and mentor Regina Agyare, center, pictured with some of her students in Nima.
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The technology entrepreneur and educator first visited local school Achievers Ghana as a guest teacher as part of her initiative "Tech Needs Girls."
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The technology entrepreneur and educator first visited local school Achievers Ghana as a guest teacher as part of her initiative "Tech Needs Girls."
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