Girls in Tech Indonesia (now LIT Network)
Girls in Tech Indonesia Scholarship 2022 – Upskilling Future Female Tech Talent
Executive Summary
Kulkul partnered with Girls in Tech Indonesia (now LIT Network) and Education New Zealand (ENZ) to design and deliver an intensive, five‑week training programme that equipped selected Indonesian women with practical product management and data analytics skills, preparing them for internships at local tech startups and accelerating their entry into technology careers.
Business Context
Education New Zealand and Girls in Tech Indonesia launched the Girls in Tech Indonesia Scholarship to empower Indonesian women with digital skills and create pathways into technology careers, using New Zealand digital learning products alongside local partners.
From a large pool of applicants drawn from universities across Indonesia, 12 scholars were selected to join the intensive programme focusing on product management and data analytics, with the goal of progressing into internships at tech companies such as Qasir.
The Challenge
Job‑Ready Skills Gap
The scholars were highly motivated but had little exposure to real product and data work, so the programme needed to quickly bridge the gap between classroom theory and startup‑level expectations, including tools, workflows, and communication.
Global Content, Local Relevance
New Zealand digital learning content had to be embedded in a locally led experience—using Indonesian mentors, examples, and language—so that participants could clearly see how to apply new skills in local teams and companies.
The programme had to create a short, intensive pathway that combined global online learning, local mentoring, and real‑world projects, so that scholars could move from “interested in tech” to “ready for internships” in just five weeks.
This required careful coordination between ENZ, Girls in Tech Indonesia, Code Avengers, Remote Skills Academy, and Kulkul, as well as a clear structure that kept learners engaged while balancing other commitments.
Our Approach
Kulkul collaborated with programme partners to structure a five‑week, project‑based learning journey, where participants chose a product management or data analytics track and worked through practical assignments that mirrored real product and analytics workflows.
The approach combined self‑paced digital content from Code Avengers with live mentoring, feedback sessions, and a final TECHTalk project showcase, ensuring learners practiced both technical and communication skills that would be needed in internships.
The Solution
Kulkul’s role was to anchor the programme in real industry practice: designing applied tasks, facilitating live sessions, and guiding participants as they turned course materials into tangible projects aligned with local business scenarios.
By the end of the programme, each participant had completed a capstone project in product management or data analytics and presented it in a TECHTalk session to mentors and partners, making their skills visible and giving them confidence to enter internships.
Results & Impact
From Scholarship to Internships
Internship‑Ready Graduates
New Zealand Meets Indonesia
Blended Learning Success
Repeatable Women‑in‑Tech Model
Scalable Programme Blueprint
Design programmes around real industry pathways, not just content
The Girls in Tech Indonesia Scholarship showed that the biggest impact comes when training is built backwards from actual roles and pathways—such as internships at specific startups—then combines global content, local mentoring, and public showcases to prepare learners for those roles.
For partners like ENZ, Girls in Tech Indonesia, and Kulkul, this proved that co‑designed, pathway‑oriented programmes can both promote digital education products and deliver measurable talent outcomes in emerging tech ecosystems.
(Collaboration with mentor online)
Project Data
TIMELINE
SERVICES
- Curriculum design for product management and data analytics tracks, aligned with industry practices
- Project‑based training delivery with Indonesia‑based mentors and facilitators
- Integration of New Zealand EdTech content into a blended local learning experience
- Continuous learner support, feedback, and performance monitoring during the cohort
- Final project coaching and preparation for TECHTalk presentations and internships
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