Ada Oyom is a founder and community-focused software professional with a decade of experience building scalable programs and developer ecosystems across Africa. She founded She Code Africa, growing membership to 23,000+ and empowering over 30,000 women in tech through high-impact programs with >90% completion and measurable career outcomes. As co-founder of Open Source Community Africa and a Google Developer Relations partner, she has orchestrated continent-wide conferences and sustained developer networks that reached thousands of contributors. Her background blends hands-on web development interest with strategic program design, partnership-building, and data-driven impact assessment. Ada is skilled at translating community feedback into product and funding strategies, a strength that expanded She Code Africa’s reach by 150% in under three years. Based in Lagos, she pairs technical curiosity with nonprofit and corporate developer-relations leadership to accelerate talent pipeline growth across Sub-Saharan Africa.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Microbiology, Bachelor's degree, Microbiology at University of Nigeria, Nsukka
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