Nigerian Woman Gets Recognition At TechWomen Training In US
A Nigerian woman, Saze Osayande, took part in five-week
technology training organized by TechWomen in Washington DC in the US
where she was recognized by the United State Vice President’s wife, Jill
Biden.
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| Saze Osayande |
TechWomen, launched by former Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, in
2011, supports the United States’ global commitment towards advancing
the rights and participation of women and girls around the world by
enabling them to reach their full potential in Science, Technology,
Engineering, and Mathematics.
78 women from across the world came to the US to take part in
TechWomen, an initiative of the US Department of State’s Bureau of
Educational and Cultural Affairs.
The United State Vice President’s wife, who was at the training
session to mentor the women, posted her encounter with Saze on her blog
shortly after the training session.
She wrote: “I spoke with one of the TechWomen, Saze, from
Nigeria, who started a company in her home country of Nigeria with
dreams of providing digital content for the over 170 million Africans,
as well as the 120 million who will come online in the next five years.
Saze wants Nigerian and American women in STEM to work collaboratively
to solve problems.”
She quoted Saze as saying, “Learning from other women in the
heart of Silicon Valley, where the term STEM was coined, deepens my
understanding and provides greater insights that I can share when I come
back to Nigeria.
“It is my hope that we can begin a two-way conversation with STEM
professionals in Silicon Valley and Silicon Lagoon, as Lagos is known
in tech circles.”
She said: “I see an increasing need for women to come together to
shape how technology is forming, and we need professional connections
to be able to be forceful players in the game.”
The TechWomen training draws women participants from Algeria,
Cameroon, Egypt, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Nigeria, the
Palestinian Territories, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tunisia,
Yemen, and Zimbabwe.
Saze, on her part, said she applied for the training since TechWomen
afforded participants the opportunity to learn from some of the
brightest minds in technology as well as about rising trends in other
emerging economies. “I am also excited about experiencing Silicon
Valley from the inside. Working with industry leaders in media,
marketing and enterprise will provide first hand understanding of how
teams are formed and empowered to achieve the amazing things.”
On her inspiration as a technology person, Saze said: “Bosses who
trusted my abilities and empowered me, mentors who have pushed me and
of course my parents who raised me without gender restrictions to be the
best that I could be, are all my mentors that have always inspired me.”
Over the past three years, 156 women from Algeria, Cameroon, Egypt,
Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Nigeria, and from across the
globe have participated in TechWomen.
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