If you’ve ever wondered whether you will make it or not in the tech industry as a woman, frightened and questioning your desire to venture into the tech world, trust me you are on the right path.
You are not the first and you will not be the last, there are women who have gone through this journey and have excelled. Today let the reality of their journey inspire you because if they can do it, so can you.
Layo Ogunbanwo
She is the VP of Product at Piggyvest and a mentor at Google For Startups Accelerator Africa
Layo has over ten years of experience in product management, marketing. and growth in the US and Africa She is passionate about driving inclusion for women, building, launching, and driving the adoption of products.
Before Piggyvest Layo has worked at Axxes, Austin College, and Standard Charted Bank. She has also volunteered at places like the Junior League of Dallas, Dallas Regional Chamber, and Cancer Support Community North Texas.
Ada Nduka Oyom
She is the Developer Relations (SSA) at Google. She is also the founder of She Code Africa. a non-profit organization that empowers young girls and women in Africa with technical skills.
Ada is a self-taught Software developer whose expertise has earned her roles in organizations like Interswitch Group and Switch Innovation Academy She has volunteer experience with organizations like Google Developers Group and Women Techmakers UNN.
Abiola Eniola Aminu
She is a Product Designer at Flutterwave. Eniola’s journey began in 2017 when she received an email from Stutern to learn UX design for three months. Later in 2018, she interned at Swifts Systems as a UI/UX Designer.
Since towing the UI/UX career path. Eniola has worked across different organizations like Cowrywise, Tuteria, and Yellowcard
Adora Nwodo
She is a Software Engineer at Microsoft where she builds cloud services and High-Value Experiences related to Artificial Intelligence and Mixed Reality. She is also the co-founder of unStack Africa, an open-source meetup for software developers.
Adora is a first-class graduate in Computer Science from the University of Lagos, Nigeria. She started her software development journey with Neukleos as an intern in 2016.
In 2018, she created the AdoraHack blog, where she publishes stories on software development productivity. and career growth. By 2019.
Adora was an Associate Software Developer at Neukleos and a co-founder of unStack. In the same year, she created her YouTube channel AdoraHack. where she produces content relevant to the software developers’ community.
Adora has lots of volunteer experience with so many organizations including Andela.
Seun Runsewe
She is the VP of Growth at Softcom, Seun ventured into the tech space to help grow businesses focused on improving payments and expanding Nigeria’s digital economy.
Before Softcom, Seun was the Director of Product at Opay. She also worked at Paystack and KPMG Nigeria.
She became the youngest bank CEO in 2018 when she built and launched the beta version of Switch by Sterling Bank. Switch is a financial platform that offers Nigerians in the diaspora access to financial perks like multi-currency, savings, and investments.
