In the inaugural FIRST Global robotics challenge, four of the 163 participating country teams were mentored and supported by TechWomen fellows. Janet Fofang, 2013 fellow of Cameroon; Guillaine Neza and Marie Claire Murekatete, 2013 and 2014, respectively, fellows of Rwanda; Faten Khalfallah, 2015 fellow of Tunisia; and Aretha Mare, 2013 fellow of Zimbabwe, traveled with their teams of students, aged 15 to 18 years old, to the international robotics challenge, July 16-18 in Washington, DC.

