Adora Nwodo’s journey into mixed reality and cloud engineering
Adora Nwodo is a 25-year-old software engineer based in Lagos. She currently works as a cloud engineer at Microsoft and is the author of Cloud Engineering for beginners. I’m bringing Adora to Centre...
View ArticleCentre Stage: Cornelius Ashley-Osuzoka
Hello, and welcome to the final edition of Centre Stage in 2022. My guest today is Cornelius Ashley-Osuzoka. Cornelius is a developer experience lead at Flutterwave, one of Africa’s most valuable...
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Centre Stage: Feyikemi Akin-Bankole and Simi Badiru
In todays’ edition of Centre Stage, I share parts of my conversations with Feyikemi Akin-Bankole and Simisola Badiru. Feyikemi and Simisola – fondly nicknamed “F&S” by secondary classmates years...
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How Fifehan Osikanlu is building a safe community for women and creatives
Fifehan Osinkanlu describes herself as a very spirited person, who is also committed and loyal to the things that she believes in. She likes to balance her hard work with play and this reflects in the...
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The role of storytelling in building a more formidable tech ecosystem
Rose Odengo describes herself as big-hearted, loving, and as someone who enjoys laughing. She pours her heart into everything that she does, including storytelling, which she has been doing for close...
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Adetutu Laditan on how creators can better drive growth on YouTube
There’s few people who absolutely love what they do and where they work, and Adetutu Laditan is one of them. The marketing specialist is in her ninth year working at Google, where she currently is a...
View ArticleThis 25-year-old converted her love for cars into a thriving mobility tech...
While at Babcock University, Chinazom Arinze decided to find a side hustle to support herself and take some stress off her parents. After trying real estate and failing, she turned to something she...
View ArticleThis investor is balancing impact investing and getting returns on her...
In the course of her work helping venture capital firms across the world gain access to deal flows from Africa, Surayyah Ahmad realised that these local ecosystems lacked structure, affecting the...
View ArticleWhy Yemisi Isidi is championing mentorship for early-stage founders
Yemisi Isidi moved back to Nigeria from the UK in 2017, and after seeing how difficult it was for businesses, especially women-owned ones, to scale, she decided to do something about it. At first,...
View ArticleCentre Stage: Ruby Igwe wants to train the next generation of Africa’s tech...
Ruby Igwe realised corporate legal work wasn’t as hands-on as she wanted, so she transitioned into film production. For many people, that made a lot of sense, as she grew up on movie sets assisting...
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