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International Women's Day 2018 Wrap Up Event Report

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The 2018 Women TechMakers IWD held at Ekiti State University to celebrate and encourage women in technology was loaded with fantastic memories to last a lifetime. The event which was packaged together with efforts of the amazing organizers in the community was held at a beautiful atmosphere with best desserts, attractive swag and special kind of menu of menus to give lovely memories. Lest I forget, turn up was awesome, we had over 100 attendees.     Apart from all the goodies the event came with, The event also brought together speakers across different technology niche and as a result included talks on numerous topics which had compelling impact to everyone present. From the left, Yemisi Obielodan software developer and technical support lead at Formplus, Adeyinka Adegbenro  full stack developer at Formplus, Enwongo C. Cleopas Head, Legal, Policy and Advocacy at ALERT Nigeria & Associate at Law Incorporated Chambers (James Essien ...

WTM FACES OF THE WEEK

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We are always proud of wonderful personalities we've got that are very positive about impacting other ladies in tech, their productivity level is such a superb one ( techpreneurs ). They are multitasking. Join us this week to celebrate our very own cute, smart and vibrant ladies FADODUN Temitope  and UTHMAN Praise . It's an honor to have known them and interacted with such great intellectuals! FADODUN Temitope She’s a computer engineer with specialization in hardware engineering, embedded system engineering, she is a good team player, she’s a graduate of Computer Engineering from the Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Ekiti State University, she is Fadodun Temitope. PASSION I’m passionate about technology, engineering, hardware all the way. I’m passionate about giving back to the tech community helping other young ladies grow even faster than I did when I was at that stage. I’m so so passionate about preaching the gospel of the need for m...

WTM Meet-up Report

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Report of WTM meet-up The new members were welcomed and were given a brief recap of our last meet up and also what the group stands for. Tech talk: "Digital Marketing" by Pelumi Adebayo. In preparation for IWD: More ideas were welcomed. All members were asked to play their part towards the success of the event, especially publicity. The Talk Digital marketing is the marketing of products or services using digital technologies, mainly on the Internet, but also including mobile phones, display advertising, and any other digital medium. Digital marketing since its existence has changed the way brand and business use technology for marketing. Digital marketing method ranges from  search engine optimization(SEO), Search engine marketing(SEM), Content marketing, Influencer Marketing, Content automation, Campaign marketing, Data-driven marketing, E-commerce marketing, Social media marketing, social media optimization, email direct marketing, display advertising, ...

WTM FACES OF THE WEEK

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    We at Women Techmakers Eksu are always passionate about learning, creating, connecting and also celebrating each other. A saying goes we quote "celebrate little and big success". Even if you are just a beginner, we celebrate you for taking the bold step to becoming technologically inclined. This week we have chosen two beautiful ladies as our " Faces of the week " Egwu Sarah and Oladipupo Oluwatomilola. Cheers!!! About them: EGWU Sarah Egwu Sarah, a tech enthusiast with specialization in Graphics UI/UX design and branding. I graduated from the department of Biochemistry, Ekiti State university with a second class upper division. I hail from Delta state, Nigeria. PASSION One thing I’m passionate about is technology. Technology gives us a platform to build solutions to problems and helps one translate thoughts to reality. Also very interested in gender inclusion. The female gender has been relegated to the background for a long time especially in...

Report: WTM meet-up

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Meet-up report of 09 February 2018 The program  started at exactly 10:50 am and the opening prayer was led by Adeniyi Olajumoke Muteeah . Topic: HOLD THE DOOR OPEN presented by Patience Igbadia The speaker gave a brief introduction on what "Holding the Door Open" means, that is to encourage each other and always helping one another. For years, women have been told they don't network as well as men perhaps it's just that they didn't get the opportunity to network. Now after years of being told to keep out, women have taken charge by creating the opportunities themselves and holding the door open for each other. Exemplary women includes: 1. Christiana Vuleta , Forbes staff Tweeted this; "Everybody has a story to tell. An easy story doesn't help". 2. Bozoma Saint John , Chief Brand Officer of UBER She said: " We need to change the way our environment looks, feels and behaves". And if UBER can do it, that proves anyone can! She ...

Report: WTM meet-up

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Meet-up Report of 2 Feb 2018. -Talk: “Personal Branding” by Seriki Esther. -Resources were shared for new members in each platform and they were also helped to begin learning. -Preparation for upcoming event (fireside chat) session. The Talk: Personal Branding The process whereby people and their career are marked as brand leading to an indelible impression that is

Report: WTM meet-up

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Activities of 25 th January WTM meet-up -Talk: "Being Tech Inclined". By Tomilola Oladipupo -Design Sprint was done by ladies present after splitting them to Android and Web team. (Anchored by Seriki Esther) -Plans for IWD were made and ladies were asked to volunteer for the preparations of the event. -Lastly, A blog was created for the group as an avenue for others to learn. The Talk: Being Tech Inclined . Getting inclined they say is the disposition of mind towards something. Being technologically-inclined