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"If you educate a man you educate an individual but if you educate a woman you educate a whole nation" This quote could be the main slogan for the Tech Lady BootCamp which was recently held in Ogun State (Nigeria) by the Nubianette Team in collaboration with Uwani hub. This is by no means saying that men should be neglected, we are trying to strike a balance between the number of female leaders in the tech space which will eventually lead to more creative decisions being made in tech ecosystems across the country. Mary Job of How Do You Tech facilitated the WordPress/ Digital Skills session and she is a prime example of the impact women can have using technology in their communities. She organises summer workshops for local children, where they learn tech skills to solve real problems. During a recent interview with Michelle of TechTalk Radio , I spoke about the important role women play in helping industries evolve and also changing the narrative on the type o...

Tech Lady Boot Camp which is a 5 days intensive workshop/boot-camp from November 16th to 23rd, for 15 lucky young women drawn from across Nigeria.  The curriculum will involve the introduction to coding, in addition to leadership and entrepreneurship skills training. 

Negotiating salary isn’t easy, and it can be especially difficult for women. In general, women are less likely to ask for more money when they are offered a job and more likely to stay in a lower paid job. Reasons vary, but some of it involves being uncomfortable discussing salary and being hesitant to ask for more. The Gender Pay Gap The fact that women earn less than men complicates the salary situation. The only time there isn’t a gender gap between men and women is when you compare single childless men and women. After that, the playing field isn’t even “The data show that women pay a penalty for marrying and having children — even when they never prioritize family over work. The only time the pay gap is 0.0 percent is when we compare single, childless men and women, with the same jobs and experience, who never prioritize the personal over the professional. What this means is that the pay gap is due at least partly to unconscious bias. Even when they have the same jobs as men, a...