Refugee women step into thriving tech careers

Spring is synonymous with renewal - and this season, our programs in France, Italy and Greece were buzzing with energy and momentum. In France, we collaborated with BNP Paribas Cardif to bring our community of former Fellows together in Paris for a truly unique event. Class reunion, career workshop and masterclass: all in one meeting! They got together, learned alongside business leaders and polished their CVs with HR professionals - proof of what trust and shared values can build. On a beautiful April evening in Milan, 18 women from our Boost program in Italy stood before a captivated audience to present their journeys as Data Analysts, Cybersecurity Specialists or Web Developers, with courage and elegance. Alumna Olga Radiboba, now a Cybersecurity Analyst, took to the stage to inspire the incoming class and encourage them to keep moving towards their dream job. And in Greece, 14 Sistech Fellows took part in Devoxx Greece 2026, one of Europe's biggest software development conferences - confidently asserting themselves in a new country and language, alongside 1,500 developers from 30 countries. We also launched a second Pathway program in Greece, welcoming 33 new Fellows. In three countries, one thing is clear: these women are just getting started 🌱

This April, we're happily celebrating the end of another Boost promotion in France - and with it, all that we've learned, shared and built together thanks to the refugee women who've taken part in the program. After three months of online sessions, one-to-one mentoring and language courses, Boost culminated in our Paris networking evening: Résonances. Twenty women, theFellows, took the stage, one by one, in front of tech recruiters and HR managers from major French companies, to convince them that they would make their teams more efficient and innovative. Data analysts, cybersecurity experts, web developers, digital project managers, QA testers... Each presented her skills, her career path, and her ambitions - with clarity, generosity, and under warm applause. Among the highlights of Résonances: the speech by Parvin Sultana, Boost 2025 alumna and now Data Analyst alternante at Orange. Returning to encourage the new graduating class, she embodies, concretely, that transformation is possible. The following day, the Boost women took part in a job interview training workshop at BNP Paribas - an opportunity to prepare in real-life conditions, with frank and benevolent feedback. Thank you to all the Fellows, to our partners, and to you, cher-ères Difteur-ses - your contributions, via this platform, the Apprenticeship Tax and other means, drive Sistech forward. And that's something to celebrate 🥳