In a special Business Day TV (BDTV) programme held during Women’s Month, a panel of influential women collaborated and discussed a critical issue of how to engage more females in Africa to explore STEM-related professions, which is critical to feeding the pipeline of future engineers.

To discuss this important topic during Women’s Month, BDTV presenter, Michael Avery was joined by Waseemah Isaacs, regional manager for Knight Piésold in the Western Cape; Innocentia Mahlangu, champion of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering’s (SAICE’s) diversity and inclusivity portfolio, and Jeshika Ramchund, chair of CESA’s SA Diversity Forum.

Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) professions are still heavily male-dominated. Across all sectors globally, just more than one in four STEM workers are women. In engineering in Sub-Saharan Africa, the figures are much worse with women making up roughly one in 10 engineers.

To view the interview:
https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/companies/2021-08-17-watch-fixing-the-leaky-engineering-career-pipeline/