At American Corner Ikeja, women share tips on how to get into tech
The American Corner event was attended by over 50 women.
Olatokunbo Ogunlade studied Computer Science at the Olabisi Onabanjo University in Ogun State. After graduation, she got married and was a stay-at-home wife. She was seven months pregnant with her daughter when she realised she had nothing in her bank account and was depending on her husband for almost everything.
Determined to change her situation, despite being heavily pregnant, she went online to search for money-making skills and discovered computer programming. She took several classes while pregnant, took a short break after childbirth, and then returned to learn more.
Years later, Ogunlade is now a systems engineer and the founder of The Coding Mum, a community that encourages mothers to build a career in tech.
“Tech changed my life,” Ogunlade said on Wednesday during a panel session organised by the American Corner Ike…
