Anie Akpe

“African Women in Tech website”

“Technology makes you have to think outside of the box.” On how tech drives innovation and problem-solving in business and society”

“Be your own hero.” — From a statement featured as her personal motto on her Twitter cover photo, reflecting her philosophy toward personal drive and achievement”

“The key. Is oering things that make that type of impact towards their careers. And the end result is seeing some of those girls and the things that they've accomplished within their chosen eld or their entrepreneurship journey. And then being able to mark that as well. This was impactful. This made a dierence. And I helped make that dierence, so my job is complete, because now I have essence of self gratication. And that feels really good.”

“I would always push women towards more of learning the datasets behind anything that they’re trying to build, get information on it and, if you don’t have it, let’s talk with partnership organisations to see what information they may have. And if they still don’t have it, this is where you come in to build a solution that incorporates some of that.”