Stephen Afolayan
Community Lead at Google Developers Group
Kogi State, Nigeria
Summary
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Top SchoolStephen Afolayan is a program manager and community builder with eight years of hands-on experience blending software development and grassroots tech organizing across Nigeria. With a Computer Science background and full-stack roots, he now focuses on React/React Native while steering programs that turn emerging talent into impact-driven tech leaders. He has launched and grown multiple long-running communities and flagship events in Egbe—including the region's first tech conference—partnering with global organizations like Google Developers Group and Open Source Community Africa. Stephen combines event strategy, digital marketing, and curriculum design to train and place learners, having directly taught hundreds in digital skills and STEM. Notably, he operates at the intersection of faith-driven mission and technology, currently scaling redemptive tech talent across Africa at Brave Redemptive. His profile reflects a rare mix of developer chops, event execution, and community-first leadership that consistently creates opportunities for underrepresented learners.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Mini MBA, Marketing/Marketing Management, General, Mini MBA, Marketing/Marketing Management, General at Institute of Management, Technology and FinanceDiploma, Computer Science, Diploma, Computer Science at Kwara State Polytechnic IlorinBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology
Github Skills (11)
letter8
do-while7
web-vitals7
php7
hugo6
seo4
laravel4
cms3
social-media2
core-web-vitals2
react-native1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
jilh/Bukbus
Feb 2018 - Jan 2020
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 1 year 11 months
TeamDoWhile/teamdowhile.github.io
Dec 2019 - Oct 2020
The project page of Do While team
Contributions:1 PR, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
do-whilewhileproject-page
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