Real Stories from African women in STEM to inspire you on your STEM journey.
Meet Dr. Weyoms, a Paediatrician and early career researcher
When you find yourself at a confusing point career-wise, you need to know to look at the bright side, because there always will be one!
Dr. Weyoms always wanted a career as a Midwife or Medical Doctor. Yet, life has other ideas. Nonetheless, she still got that Dr badge she's always wanted.
#paediatricsresearch
Meet Florence Dairo — A Digital Product Designer and Strategist
Florence Dairo is currently a freelance Digital Product Designer and Strategist at Toptal. Oh, she writes technical articles too. Like Dexter in Dexter’s Lab, she’s always wanted to enjoy the flexibility of working from home… and now she does.
#productdesign
Meet Omotayo Madein - Software Engineer & VR Designer
‘Tayo started her journey into Software Development when it was not a thing in Nigeria/Africa. She has a BSc in Software Engineering, an MSc in Human-Computer Interaction, and she's currently a Software Engineer/Technical Designer at Microsoft.
#softwareengineering #mixedreality
Meet Mohini Ufeli — A Media Storyteller
Even though her work is neither Product Management nor Software Development, Mohini has spent her career in the tech space since inception, using photography to tell stories.
#techphotography
Meet Yetunde Sanni — Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Researcher
Yetunde is a 2019 Google Women TechMaker Scholar. She is currently undergoing her Master's program in AI & Robotics in Rome. Prior to that, she worked as Technical Team Lead at Andela.
#artificialintelligence
Meet Sotonye Douglas, she has not 1, not 2, but is currently on her 3rd degree as a Medical student
We all have our individual unique experiences in our journey through life, yet we can always learn one or two things from other people.
In this #STEMStories series, Sotonye shares her journey amidst rejection and uncertainty to medical school. Find out about how she sailed through and turned the challenges to her greatest strength.
#medicine
Meet Glory OriJesu - Naturalista Mom and Software Engineer
One of the joys of being a Software Engineer is that feeling, that your work makes life easier for other people. At the core, you write bits of code to bring interesting ideas to reality.
Cue in, Glory OriJesu — our naturalista mom and software engineer. Glory is currently a Software Developer at Amazon.
#softwareengineering
What would you ask an IoT Engineer if you met one?
Meet Dr. Ozak Esu, a chartered electronic and electrical engineer from Nigeria. She is currently the Technical Lead at the BRE Centre for Smart Homes and Buildings in the UK.
With a BEng and Ph.D. in Electronic and Electrical Engineering. Get to know about how Ozak charges through study and life abroad at 17, starting a Ph.D. at 20 and her current work as an Engineer.
#electricalengineering #iot
Meet Tejumade Afonja - Machine Learning Researcher & Co-founder of AI Saturdays Lagos
If you have ever fantasized about movies like Star Wars and Transformers, then you probably have a thing or two in common with Tejumade. Only that she didn’t stop there.
Tejumade passed on her interest for machines and robotics into her studies. An ardent lover of mathematics, she is currently running her PhD in Mathematics & Computer Science at Saarland University, Germany.
#machinelearning