TechAble

The brief

Talent is universal. Opportunity is not. Across Africa, people with disabilities are routinely shut out of the digital economy. Usually this isn't about ability. It's because the courses, tools and websites they need were never built with them in mind. I started TechAble to change that: accessible digital-skills training, one-to-one mentorship, and introductions to inclusive employers.

What I built

The programme came first. In February 2025 we ran an eight-week cohort at KNUST with 44 learners across web development, graphic design and digital marketing, supported by 26 mentors and 7 instructors. It was funded by the IEEE Computer Society Broadening Participation Fund, with IEEE Ghana Section and AmaliTech as partners.

Then the website, which had to practise what we preach. I designed and built techable.africa on WordPress so non-technical teammates could publish updates, donation drives and cohort stories without touching code.

• Clear calls to action for the three audiences: donate, partner, volunteer
• Programme pages written in plain language, with short sentences and descriptive headings
• Impact stats and partner logos as real text with proper alternatives, not baked into images

Accessibility

This is the one site where an accessibility bug is also a mission failure. Every template was built against WCAG 2.2 AA: keyboard-operable navigation, contrast-checked colours, visible focus states, a logical heading outline, and motion kept to a minimum.

Outcome

TechAble has become the thing I point to when people ask what accessibility is for. It has been featured by the IEEE Computer Society, it was the case study for my talk at WordPress Accessibility Day 2025, and it keeps growing cohort by cohort.