Since the inception of modern technology, history has recorded a high number of male participation in strategic corners of its development. It is, therefore, expedient to record the increasing involvement of African women in Tech to strike a balance.
The likes of these women have demonstrated inherent feminine creativity, birthing innovations in their involvement as African Tech entrepreneurs (Tech-preneurs), leveraging technological tools, from payment services to financial and business apps.
Presently, there are 30 countries with women participants in Tech. Africa represents one of the largest groups – Women in Tech Africa.
Odunayo Eweniyi is one of such creative Tech-preneurs whose creativity has created job opportunities in the tech space. Inspired by a picture of a local saving box, Nigerian-born Eweniyi joined like-minded Tech-preneurs, birthing what is known today as “Piggy vest.”
Piggy vest is a secure online system for saving money, among other financial features it offers. Eweniyi is the Chief Marketing Officer of the Piggy Bank App and co-founder of Funds and Community groups to encourage African women in Tech.
Damilola Odufuwa is a co-founder of Feminist Coalition, a lead Public Relation Officer at Binance, one of the largest cryptocurrency companies. Damilola’s presence in the tech sector was due to her perceived impact of crypto and blockchain technology on women’s rights and freedom.
While many think that being a tech person, one must be a good coder or programmer, she blamed the misconception for the low female participation in Tech, stating that Tech does not only have to do with coding.
Yewande Akomolafe Kalu is a key executive member in Flutterwave, one of Africa’s largest Fintech companies, just like her female contemporaries in Tech, she believed that the way to increase women’s participation is to elucidate the tech sector since most young women do not consider Tech as an option.
Oluwaseun Runsewe is the vice president of growth at Softcom Limited, a frontier company offering tech solutions that support organizations’ growth through technological tools and digital reach.
Runsewe got into Tech through PayStack in 2016, after her immense contribution in the banking sector, focusing on payment and financial risk management. Runsewe has been able to reproduce her financial expertise in the tech world through the platform of PayStack.
Ada Nduka Oyom founded She-Code Africa; she presently heads Google’s developer community program for Sub- Saharan Africa. She-Code Africa has showcased the necessary skills to help women interested in pursuing a career in Tech while still creating an impression for more women participating in Tech.
Judith Owigar is a Kenyan social entrepreneur and the founder of leadsJuaKali, a directory for Kenyan blue-collar workers founded in 2015.
Judith believes education and exposure are essential materials for success, inspiring her Tech innovations. She also created “Akirachix,” an organization with a vision of nurturing women to develop interest and innovations in technology.
Having the female gender in Tech spices up the sector with the delicacies only a woman can offer!
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