Oladiwura Oladepo

““Technology is one of very few sectors in Africa where there is no nepotism, It’s not, ‘Oh, my cousin needs a job. Can you help?’ Tech is strictly merit based. If you’re good at what you do, that charts a course for you.””

““The dream was to solve the world’s greatest problems using technology, we thought about technology as being an enabler, as giving people access to opportunities.””

“I wanted to be an entrepreneur because it would allow me to make critical decisions, implement them, and more importantly, to make a difference.””

““What makes you happy at the end of the day in the nonprofit space is not earning millions of dollars, or Naira,” she says. “Fulfillment comes from seeing a woman learn a skill and use that skill to get a job—changing that woman’s life, the life of her family, and bringing prosperity to her immediate community.””

““People have deep-rooted gender biases that they are sometimes not even aware of.” ** https://som.yale.edu/profile/oladiwura-diwura-oladepo-18”