Category: The Women Series
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#TheWomenSeries:How WIDC helps women discover their purpose – Busayo Obisakin – Busayo Obisakin
I met Mrs Busayo Obisakin at the Murtala International Airport in October 2016 while we were on our way to participate at the first ever Africa Summit for Women and Girls in Technology (#techWomenAfrica) organized by the Web Foundation. Her work with helping women discover themselves, giving them skills training and developing them to be…
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#WTM19: My Women Techmakers Summit Takeaways
The Women Tech Makers is a Google program that provides resources and community for women in technology to thrive and network. Google’s core goal is to inspire passionate, creative women through discussions with thought leaders, technical workshops, design sprints and networking opportunities. Every year, Google organizes the Women Techmakers’ summit to celebrate International Women’s Day…
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#TheWomenSeries: Women In Tech Can Do It Too – Dr Omobola Johnson
Dr Omobola Johnson is Honorary Chair of the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) and a Senior Partner at TLcom Capital LLP. An engineer and experienced ICT professional, Dr Johnson previously served as Nigeria’s Minister of Communications Technology, where she focused on the launch and execution of Nigeria’s National Broadband Plan, and supported the development of…
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For Women, With Women, By Women: My Chat With Nanjira Sambuli
#TechWomenAfrica – Nanjira Sambuli leads the Web Foundation’s advocacy efforts to promote digital equality in access to and use of the Web. A Nairobi-based researcher and analyst, Nanjira brings broad expertise as an advocate and consultant working at the intersection of governance, media, culture and society. Find out more about her here So I have…
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From Ijebu-Musin To The World, Mary Job, Convener, WordPress Nigeria
I first met Mary Job last October when I attended my first ever WordPress meet-up organized by the Lagos WordPress community in October 2017. What drew my attention to her was that she was the only woman coordinator in the midst of about 10 men and she was the lead coordinator (this gave me joy),…