Despite Africa having the highest rate of female entrepreneurship globally, standing at 26% according to the Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs, the technology sector faces a critical "broken rung" in the ladder to success: a massive funding gap. Recent data from Africa: The Big Deal reveals that out of billions in venture capital raised by African tech startups, less than 2% goes to female-led teams.
This financial disparity is a major driver of the pipeline problem. According to the Accenture "Resetting Tech Culture" report, the ratio of women in tech roles has surprisingly declined over the past 35 years, with women currently holding only roughly 14-16% of software engineering roles. Initiatives like Mentor Match Kenya, She Code Africa, Tambua Women in Tech, Because She Can, Empower Her Community and Pwani Teknowgalz are fighting to reverse this trend by training thousands of girls, but they often struggle to secure the consistent resources needed to scale their impact.
Afara Dada Code is an AI-powered solution built to dismantle this barrier. Acting as an intelligent intermediary, this agent verifies and aggregates credible, certified female empowerment organizations across the continent. It provides donors—whether individuals, corporates, or DAOs—with a frictionless pathway to fund these initiatives directly. By using an agentic workflow, the system can answer questions about each organization's impact, process donations securely, and provide real-time updates on how the funds are being used.
The vision is to propel an Africa where women are equally represented across all career roles in technology. By solving the discovery and funding problem, we are not just building a donation tool; we are building a pipeline. We are ensuring that the 50% of the population that has been significantly underrepresented finally gets the "fuel" they need to drive innovation, closing the gender gap and enriching the African tech ecosystem.
# Fork The Repository
Fork the repo to make a copy of the code to your own GitHub for the Demo
# Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/mwanyumba7/Afara-Dada-Code.git
cd afara-dada-code-agents
git checkout my-demo # Placeholder version for learning
# Setup environment
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
pip install -e .
# Configure Google Cloud
gcloud config set project YOUR_PROJECT_ID
gcloud services enable aiplatform.googleapis.com secretmanager.googleapis.com cloudtrace.googleapis.com
# Create .env file
`GOOGLE_API_KEY =""`