After Ada Nduka Oyom graduated from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, with a degree in microbiology in 2016, she discovered that it was difficult to get ladies interested in tech and those who were trying to get in were struggling to get resources.
She started writing about the women in tech she had met and it started eliciting interest from some female members of her audience who wanted to meet or be like the subjects of her writing.
A few months later, she organized a boot camp in Nigeria’s commercial hub, Lagos, and from there, She Code Africa — an NGO training girls and women in tech skills to empower them and close the gender gap in technology — across the continent was born.
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About the author
Pelumi Salako
Pelumi Salako is a Nigerian journalist covering culture, technology, inclusive economies, and development. His works have appeared in Al Jazeera, The Guardian, the Thomson Reuters Foundation, NPR, Foreign Policy, and elsewhere. He holds a B.A. in History and International Studies from the University of Ilorin.
