Category: Dear Tech Sis
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Fighting for the Life I Want: My Journey from Pharmacy to Design
Getting into pharmacy school felt like a big win—not just for me, but for my parents, for everyone who had invested in my education, for the version of me who was told that a good, respected profession would lead to a good life. It wasn’t medicine, which I originally wanted, but it was close and…
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Building in Public as a Woman in Tech: Lessons from Sharing My Product Journey
When I first heard the phrase “Building in Public,” I thought it was for founders or creatives who were already comfortable being visible, sharing designs, strategies, or launching updates for the world to see. But over time, I realized it’s for anyone willing to be transparent about their process, especially those of us who often…
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Woman in Tech For the Week: Grace Boboye
Grace Boboye is a certified customer success professional with experience in onboarding, customer acquisition, product adoption, renewal, and ensuring customers have the best possible experience throughout their journey. She is currently serving as Senior Customer Success Manager at Blackthorn.ion and has exceeded the departmental KPIs by an impressive 35% month after month. She has a…
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A Letter to an Aspiring Tech Sis
Dear aspiring tech sis, I see you. The late nights spent watching free YouTube tutorials, the courses you keep enrolling to take, the endless tabs open with job roles that seem way out of reach, the nervous excitement when someone says, “you’d be great in tech”, followed by the overwhelming question: Where do I even start?…
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From Baker to Designer: How I Rebuilt My Life Through Tech
The Dream that Never Came True It wasn’t always tech for me. In fact, I had a completely different dream — a dream that involved stethoscopes and a medical degree. I was studying anatomy with the intention of becoming a doctor, but life had other plans. While I was still in school, I lost my…
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Woman in Tech for the Week: Nancy Olive Tamuno
Nancy Olive Tamuno is a product marketing specialist and brand communications manager whose journey through media, communications, and tech shows how these skills can inspire progress in the tech space. Her career began in the media industry, and since then, Nancy has used her voice and strategic thinking to shape how organizations connect with the…
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Woman in Tech For The Week: Folashade Femi-Lawal
Folashade Femi-Lawal is a recognised digital banking, fintech, and payments expert with over 25 years of experience in financial services, telecommunications, and business consulting. She has helped transform the future of digital payments in Nigeria and across borders, leading major projects that have improved financial access for millions. Folashade is currently the Country Manager and…
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Woman in Tech For The Week: Eunice Azu
Eunice Azu is a Customer Success Associate at Caret, where she works in partnership with Paystack to support businesses and customers across Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, and Kenya. In her role, she ensures a smooth user experience, resolves complex issues and improves processes to maintain a service excellence rating of over 90%. Eunice supports over…
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Woman in Tech For the Week: Omolara Dada
Omolara Dada is an experienced senior product marketing strategist with over four years of experience. She specialises in developing effective go-to-market strategies, product launches and execution, campaign ideation, brand positioning, partnerships and digital media. She has helped many companies achieve growth objectives and drive success. Omolara has worked with brands in different industries, including technology,…
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Ezinne Talks About Misogyny as an Application Security Engineer
Statistics have shown that about 72% of women experience different types of sexism in the tech industry, which is part of the reason we still have fewer women in tech compared to men. Misogyny plays out in different ways, and in an interview with Ezinne, she talked about some of them. What is your name,…