Co-founder of CodeSpace || Queen's Young Leader
Joined February 2013
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Emma retweeted
17 Oct 2022
Order the October 'Banned Books" bundle and help us pack our shelves and send all of these books to people in prison and jail.
freebirdbooks.com/shop.html
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Emma retweeted
11 Mar 2021
In the latest GeDIA blog, Mapping Africa’s tech ecosystem, @C_WamalaLarsson interrogates "the mapping of Africa’s tech hubs, asking what purpose they serve and . . . the extent to which these maps represent accuracy with reality.” bit.ly/gediablog_mappingafri…
#africa #gender #digital
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Emma retweeted
17 Feb 2021
More than 2-million South Africans found work between June and October 2020, according to the latest round of data from the Nids-Cram survey. But hunger — and child hunger in particular — persists, writes @NicSpaull. bit.ly/2Zlh9tf
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6 Oct 2020
Parents & Teachers — I’ll be chatting to Pippa Hudson at 2.10pm today on @CapeTalk about how to get kids into coding and the free coding courses @CodeSpaceZA is offering.
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2 Oct 2020
Change is not a one way street. Thanks @CellC and @SBTopWomen for letting me keep preaching this 🙌🏽
2 Oct 2020
“As you pay women more and incentivise them, then you create a virtuous cycle!”
Emma Dicks, Founder & Director, Code Space
#SBTopWomen #power #women #conference @SB_BizConnect @CellC
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2 Oct 2020
A great chat about gender equality through inclusive skills dev & employment - thanks @thaminkadimeng @ziphosikhakhane & @CellC
2 Oct 2020
“We need to develop the ability to have really uncomfortable conversations.”
Emma Dicks, Founder & Director, Code Space
#SBTopWomen #power #women #conference @SB_BizConnect @CellC @CodeSpaceZA
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1 Oct 2020
Jane Fraser speaking at @FortuneMPW is an inspiration!
🔥 on setting stretch goals not goals ‘Allow yourself the possibility of failing’.
🔥 ‘Enjoy each phase of life’
Citigroup’s Fraser to Be First Woman to Lead a Big Wall Street Bank nytimes.com/2020/09/10/busin…
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Emma retweeted
1 Oct 2020
Teachers are the CEOs of the classroom! They need our unwavering support and attention – now and well beyond this pandemic. #FortuneMPW
30 Sep 2020
"Our teachers are our heroes right now. They are doing the best that they can."
Loved getting to join @FortuneMPW today to talk about about K-12 virtual education and access! #FortuneMPW
ALT Screen grab of a Fortune M P W virtual panel featuring four women of color, including Reshma Saujani.
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1 Oct 2020
30 Sep 2020
"Our teachers are our heroes right now. They are doing the best that they can."
Loved getting to join @FortuneMPW today to talk about about K-12 virtual education and access! #FortuneMPW
ALT Screen grab of a Fortune M P W virtual panel featuring four women of color, including Reshma Saujani.
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29 Sep 2020
An inspiring kickoff to the 2020 summit 🥰
29 Sep 2020
Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex, concludes her conversation with @ellmcgirt with a quote from Georgia O'Keefe: "I have already settled it for myself so flattery and criticism go down the same drain and I am quite free." #FortuneMPW
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Emma retweeted
29 Sep 2020
Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex, concludes her conversation with @ellmcgirt with a quote from Georgia O'Keefe: "I have already settled it for myself so flattery and criticism go down the same drain and I am quite free." #FortuneMPW
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Emma retweeted
7 Sep 2020
Watch Co-Founder & Director of @CodeSpaceZA @EmmaJaneDicks, tell you why supporting women-led businesses is good business.
Book your ticket to the @SB_BizConnect Top Women Conference here: topbusinesswomen.co.za/ticke…
#SBTopWomen
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31 Aug 2020
Anyone looking for good reads? —> @becauseweveread is the bookclub that’s missing in your life rn ;)
25 Jul 2020
Jamila started off with a quote from The Fire Next Time which inspired her: “Love takes off the masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within. I use the word “love” here not merely in the personal sense ...
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31 Aug 2020
A good reminder to look generously at a leader’s strengths while remaining critical & pressing for more. Our democracy rests on robust institutions and I am gladdened to be reminded of work done to this end. news24.com/fin24/opinion/jp-…
Emma retweeted
29 Aug 2020
@elonmusk @neuralink Can my daughter join your team as an intern? We built a brain-controlled exoskeleton for her paralyzed arm, and it WORKED :) but we still have so much to learn and her shoulder is still paralyzed. Plus, she loves pigs :) #neuralink ourkidscandoanything.com/
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28 Aug 2020
Results from a 2020 survey of SA adland revealed ZERO female backend devs. I was asked to comment. No easy answers, but asking the right q's will move us forward.
@SheSaysCapeTown @iab_sa
@Anelde2
@johannievanas
@PrideMM @jarredcinman
@mpume_ngobese
@Milz_rara
@neomashigo
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28 Aug 2020
"The state needs to consider what responsibility it has towards the thousands of community leaders who have been delivering a public service without support, and the millions of families that depend on them" - @davidjefferySA dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
Emma retweeted
23 Aug 2020
CCT law enforcement stopping people selling wood and wooden furniture on the side of the road where they’ve been for years, plenty of space, and plenty of local support. What the actual.... it’s a recession, people are poor, let street businesses thrive! @alanwinde
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