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From failed startup founder to top-level cloud engineer: The inspiring story of Yekeen Ajeigbe
This week’s dose of inspiration to get ahead in your tech career is the story of a Nigerian senior software engineer who once led an engineering team at Konga. Today, Yekeen Ajeigbe’s leading cloud engineering teams at Deimos.
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Seun Adeola made OPPO smartphones popular in Nigeria, now he’s doing the same in African fintech
Introducing a product from another market into a new one has to be one of the toughest tasks any growth professional can take on. Seun Adeola did that for OPPO in Nigeria in 2018, now he’s doing the same in the African fintech space. This week on Expert and African, we discuss his motivation and what an aspiring growth expert can learn from his story.
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5 ways to be more productive as an African tech leader
Revisiting stories and recommendations drawn from different leaders in the African tech space for the past year, Oluwanifemi compiles five ways team leads and founders can up their leadership game.
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Meet the Nigerian data scientist teaching useful tech hacks in Yoruba
Teaching people tech concepts in English is already a huge task; now imagine doing that in another language. Well, our guest on #EverydayPeople this week, Nigerian data scientist, Wuraola Oyewusi, is doing that in Yoruba, one YouTube video at a time.
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“It’s alright that PR goes unseen; we let our work do the talking for us.” Olugbeminiyi Idowu, tech PR expert
In today’s episode of Expert and African, you’d be inspired by Olugbeminiyi Idowu’s story – a London-based tech PR expert – his relatable beginning and how he found a passion for PR and has been relentlessly going at it for the last 13 years.
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Softcom’s Weyinmi Barber is making HR desirable one startup at a time
This week’s episode of Expert and African takes us into the world of an age-long career, Human Resources (HR), with Weyinmi Barber, Softcom’s head of HR taking us on a ride into the intricacies of the HR profession, spiced with how the quirks have led her into it.
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4 digital content creators share life-changing advice that helped them the most in their careers
Over the last three years on How I Work, we have talked to some of the most famously productive professionals and entrepreneurs in Africa. In this week’s edition, we revisit the best advice and lessons that have positively impacted 4 digital content creators.
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Precious Tawo: Burna Boy’s sound engineer on creating your path with grit and determination
Precious Tawo, freelance sound engineer and production manager, has lived quite the life in his eight-year career. In today’s #EverydayPeople, he shares details on how he started and what he hopes to achieve before going to the great beyond.
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10 Nigerians working at Amazon (2022)
If you are looking to apply at Amazon, here are some of the brilliant Nigerians working at Amazon you should know
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Cameroon’s Patricia Pedhom Nono is driving tech evolution in Francophone Africa
Patricia Pedhom Nono hasn’t always been a tech leader, but her achievements say otherwise. With an engineering background, she’s currently a prominent tech leader in sub-Saharan Francophone Africa with 18 years of experience. Welcome to a new episode of Expert and African.
