Leaving No Developer Behind

Slides from my talk at #PyConNG2017. It was focused on building the larger tech community and how we can make tech affect the larger society. Tech should not be bougie!

Transcript

1. LEAVE NO DEVELOPER BEHIND
2. Simi is a: • Multipotentialite • Tech enthusiast • Dev sector professional • Word lover • Org development professional • Project manager
3. The community needs us to step up and that is why I am here today.
4. This is a call to action. We are doing great but we still need to look further. We need to look beyond our meetups, look beyond our user groups, look beyond the hype on social media and look beyond the glam of it all!
5. LEAVE NO DEVELOPER BEHIND
9. If a portion of our population cannot access technology, its impact remains limited. Hence the question — does tech in Nigeria improve lives collectively or is tech limited to making the lives of the middle class Nigerians more convenient? – Chuba Ezekwesili
10. LET US TALK NUMBERS ▪ Only 40% of the world have ever been online ▪ Number of internet subscribers in Nigeria is 92 million ▪ 67% of Nigerian developers live in Lagos ▪ 4.5% PC penetration. ▪ Household computer ownership 9.5% ▪ Home internet access 22.9%
11. WHAT IS BEING DONE? ▪ Django Girls ▪ Girls Coding ▪ Python Nigeria, forLoop, Laravel and other communities ▪ AboCoders
15. WHAT CAN YOU DO? Your little drop does matter. There is still a lot of space in the room and you can help fill it up. 1.#AdoptADev 2.Mentor 3.Volunteer 4.Sponsor 5.Give internships 6.Allow understudying 7.Help translate