Impact Stories

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  Fellow(s): Adejoke Adekunle

  Country: Nigeria

  Region: SSA

  Cohort: 2019

  Project/Action: Fellow hosts Twitter leadership at women in tech event

  Policy Area(s): Entrepreneurship, Professional Growth

  During her TechWomen mentorship at Twitter, 2019 fellow Adejoke Adekunle had the opportunity to sit down with co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey and speak about her work as a marketing consultant and CEO of VVM, a marketing technology company. After seeing a tweet that he’d be visiting Nigeria with Twitter, Adejoke approached him, inviting his team to meet with local women in tech during their trip.
  In addition to her work with VVM, Adejoke is the founder of The African Tech Woman, an organization that supports African women in starting and growing businesses in tech. On November 12, Jack Dorsey, alongside CTO Parag Agrawal and team leads Kayvon Beykpour and Mike Montano, attended a lunch and panel hosted by The African Tech Woman. There, the Twitter team spoke with local women in tech and joined a panel that discussed the Nigerian tech scene. During the panel, they shared their perspective on leadership, building quality products and their approach to diversity and inclusion.
  “I’ve experienced firsthand how committed Twitter is to building a diverse team,” said Adejoke. “Jack’s trip was an opportunity to learn from entrepreneurs, developers, policy makers, investors and anyone he could meet on what they did, the challenges they encountered and how Twitter can help. I’m grateful for the opportunity to have led this and I’m super inspired.”​

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  Report Date: 11/25/19

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  Fellow(s): Aigerim Kunadilova

  Country: Kazakhstan

  Region: CSA

  Cohort: 2019

  Project/Action: Fellow interviewed about TechWomen experience

  Policy Area(s): Economic Impact, Education Diplomacy/Mentoring, Entrepreneurship, Professional Growth

  This month, 2019 fellow Aigerim Kunadilova was interviewed for a feature in Tengri News, an English language news outlet in Kazakhstan. In the article, Aigerim spoke about her TechWomen experience and her work as a woman in tech.
  Aigerim is the founder of Top Generation Group, an online education company that offers international English exam preparation courses such as TOEFL and IELTS. With no formal background in tech, Aigerim shared her journey building an international online Edtech business and growing it into a flourishing company. She also speaks about her TechWomen mentorship at Twitter, where she gained new skills, tools and contacts: “I met and talked to managers of the company, where I got valuable tips on improving my online school and choosing programmers for my team,” she said.​

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  Report Date: 11/25/19