Ire Aderinokun
Ire Aderinokun | |
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| Born | 3 March 1991 Lagos, Nigeria |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | University of Bristol |
| Occupation | Website Developer |
| Known for | Bitsofcode |
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| Website | [1] |
Ire Aderinokun is a Nigerian front end developer and Google developer expert.[2][3][4] She is Nigeria's first female Google Developer Expert.[5][6][7][8]
Early life and education
[edit]Ire is from Ogun state, Nigeria. She was born into the family of Tayo and Mrs. Olunfunlola Aderinokun.[9]
After her secondary school education in Nigeria she got a bachelor's degree in Experimental Psychology from University of Bristol. While pursuing her master's degree in law at University of Bristol, her interests for computer science made her take a design course at Codecademy.[10][11]
Ire is a self-taught frontend developer and user interface designer. She built her first website at the age of 13 as a fansite for Neopets where she had learned her first basic HTML codes.[12] Ire also runs a blog called bitsofcode, where she breaks down coding tips to other developers. She started the blog in 2015.[13]
Career
[edit]Ire is a Google Developer Expert, specializing in the core front-end technologies HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.[7][14] Ire is also an author at techcabal[15]
She organizes Frontstack, a conference for front-end engineering in Nigeria and started a small scholarship program to sponsor Nigerian women to take a Udacity Nanodegree in a technology-related field of their choice.[16][4] She is the co-founder, COO and VP Engineering of Helicarrier, which builds cryptocurrency infrastructure for Africa.[17]
Ire Aderinokun is one of the founding members of Feminist Coalition,[18] a group of young Nigerian women with the aim of promoting equality for women in Nigerian society.
References
[edit]- ^ Ire, Aderinokun. "Ire Aderinokun Webpage". ireaderinokun.com. onowho victor. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ^ "Ire Aderinokun: The Inspiring Tech Queen". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2018-03-19. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
- ^ BellaNaija.com (2020-02-24). "These 5 Nigerian Women Are Crushing It in the Tech Space". BellaNaija. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
- ^ a b BellaNaija.com (2019-03-28). "From Software Engineers to Venture Capitalists & Policy Makers! These Tech Women had the AUDACITY to Pursue their Big Dreams". BellaNaija. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
- ^ "Ire Aderinokun Is The First Nigerian Woman To Become Google Developer Expert". Women Africa. 2019-04-09. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
- ^ Ajiboye, Tolu (2017-08-14). "Breaking the code: how women in Nigeria are changing the face of tech". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
- ^ a b "17 powerful women who have shaped Nigerian culture". www.pulse.ng. 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
- ^ "Girl power in a tech world". The Africa Report.com. 2018-10-02. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
- ^ "Ire Aderinokun Is The First Nigerian Woman To Become Google Developer Expert". Women Africa. 2019-04-09. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
- ^ "Women in Tech: Ire Aderinokun". townhall.hashnode.com. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
- ^ "Meet Ire Aderinokun, Nigeria's first female Google Developer Expert". Grafrica. 2017-03-05. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
- ^ forcreativegirls_ (2016-09-13). "Women In UX Design: Ire Aderinokun on the Illimitable World of a Developer". For Creative Girls. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
- ^ "Tech Women Lagos". Retrieved 2020-03-12.
- ^ "The 10 most influential people in tech this year". Pulse Nigeria. 2017-12-13. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
- ^ "Ire Aderinokun". TechCabal. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
- ^ "Story of Ire Aderinokun - Enabling knowledge for all". Udacity. 2019-07-23. Retrieved 2020-03-12.
- ^ "Ire Aderinokun". ireaderinokun.com. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
- ^ "Feminist Coalition". Elle. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
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