Our Thriftr app developers, Suki and Olivia, were invited to the 2022 launch of the Tech Girls Movement yesterday. The launch was held at Stone and Chalk, Australasia’s leading independent, nonprofit technology innovation hub that help accelerate high-growth startups.
The girls spoke to an audience of ‘women in tech’ about their ‘Thriftr app’ which came out of their involvement in the Tech Girls Competition in 2021. Their presentation was very well received by the audience, so much so, that they have been invited to give their presentation to the executives at Allianz. Hopefully this might lead to some financial support!






Currently the girls are working with a developer from Apple to help get them started on building the app. They are using the prize money from the Tech Girls Competition to help in this process but will need a lot more financial support to get the app fully built. We are very grateful to Apple for their support in providing us access to one of their top developers.
The girls will be working alongside the developer as part of their work in the iSTEM course. They will be using Apple’s latest Swift 4 platform that allows anyone to build an app for the App Store. This will be done entirely on an iPad! The Apple Education team are keeping a close eye on the project to see if this is something that could be integrated into mainstream education.