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Open Source Program Manager @allinopensource || @github Star || Community Lead @chaoss_africa || Program Manager @osca_hq
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I’m that girl 🥳😍!
Driven to put African open source on the map,
@ikegahruth
stresses the value of connecting those who want to contribute with the resources they need.
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I love how Nigerian techies have been getting into top companies!! I have seen mad news all over my tl in the past 1 month!
World-class >>>
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Guess who is on
@github
Stars walk of fame on the street of Silicon Valley??
Me!!! 🌟 girl
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I did my interview and got the visa🥹🎉.
I’m so grateful to God fr, another big win for me.
2nd half starting so well.
I got an invite to attend an open source event hosted by the UN on July 9th at their headquarters in Newyork, and a speaker invite from UNICEF for their youth spotlight side event is supposed to follow this. Because the invite came in late, I can’t even get a date for a US visa
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I literally woke up to award 🥹! Jesus has really done it again
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No visa rejections. I had 5 different visa rejections this year and it really made me sad. In 2024, I want no visa rejections 🥺
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Look what came in 😍! My award from
@github
. It came with a gift, a smart mechanical keyboard 🔥🔥😭
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Dear Senior Developer,
Please when you see a beginner or Junior developer tweet about their progress or what they developed, try to drop nice comments, like and retweet. It can go a long way to encouraging them not to give up.
Thanks💛
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My “Star of the Year” award from
@github
just came in, and I’m beyond excited and so honored ❤️🥹
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I gave my dad a small token today in dollars and his joy is just everything 🥺🥺🥺
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““Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings”.
Today I spoke at the UN 🇺🇳 🥹. I’m so grateful for this opportunity to speak in this room filled with both decision makers in the private, public, government sector that interface with open source
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My heart is filled with so much joy and gratitude to God🥹. After 7 visa rejections, I finally got my FIRST YES. 🎉🎉.
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See me 😊
Meet Ruth Ikegah
@IkegahRuth
- the newest member joining the GitHub Stars Program ⭐! Ruth is a Python developer, technical writer, public speaker and loves red velvet cakes! Hear her speak at the next GitHub virtual Africa meetup or learn more here
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I'm excited to tell y'all that I joined
@Bitergia
as an Open Source Consultant.
After almost a year of job hunting, 2023 started on a good note for me–I got the role I wanted and waited for.
You can read more about my role and company here:
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United Nations HQ 📍
I’m so excited to be here for the OSPOS for Good Conference organized by
@UN
Tech Envoy office.
Open Source is really taking me places and big rooms🥹
I will be updating my experience on this thread 🧵
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Even while clamouring
#EndPoliceBrutalityinNigeria
I still want to share some amazing news🥺🥺.
I'm officially a GitHub star 🙌. This recognition means a lot to me.
See small me with oga them😭🙌
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You literally can’t pass Oshodi without thinking about what Tunde did there!
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Congratulations to me🥹👏👏I’m a GitHub Star again for the 4th time!!!
Thanks
@github
for always recognizing my impact in the tech community.
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I gave my keynote today
@ApacheCon
Europe.
Last slide is my favorite thing about contributing to open source, the community of people always willing to support you.
Cheers to many more international stages🥂
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I spent Children’s day inspiring some secondary school students on becoming Tech Makers at MTN/Google Children’s day event!
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Honestly I’m filled with so much excitement. My first 🥇 from
@github
as Star ⭐️
I’m dedicating this award to Women of Open source community Africa
#WOSCA
initiative by
@oscafrica
and
@SheCodeAfrica
I started this open source and community path there in July 2020! Thank you
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There’s something about learning from scratch that excites me. First it feels like you’re so confused and nothing sticks but with time, it all begins to make sense and you just get better at it.
If you’re in this phase, this is an encouragement for you to keep trying! 💛
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I’m so excited to be a GitHub Star again for 2023 🥹⭐️⭐️
Thank you
@github
for recognizing my potential and all I do in the tech community
PS: that video is my mood😂😂😂🫶
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If you’ve ever wanted to learn about open source in a structured curriculum with guidance, mentoring and opportunities; this program is for you.
I’m ecstatic about this program and I was privileged to design it. And over the course of this program I will be working with amazing
We’ve launched All In Africa! 🚀 This program is a gateway to growth, learning, and meaningful connections within the African open source ecosystem and beyond. All Africans interested in
#opensource
are eligible to participate.
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And I spoke on a panel too on building open source infrastructure with
@chaoss_africa
😍😍
At
@linuxfoundation
side event on What’s Next Open Source, where we collectively get to build solutions to enable more innovation.
Last two slides is my favorite takeaways from Paloma Oliveira keynote!
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Hi there, come hear me give my keynote speech at
@oscafrica
festival 2022!
5:15pm WAT
#OSCAFEST22
.
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I wrote a letter to me!
Happy birthday to me! Cheers to 22, Ruth! 🥂
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Thank you
@github
for writing about my journey into tech and open source!
Once indifferent about computers,
@ikegahruth
is now empowering the open source community in Africa and connecting others with the resources they need to join the movement.
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Proof that your dreams and ideas are valid. I have always wanted to travel round Africa to connect with open source communities sharing resources to help them learn, thrive and build sustainability.
I’m excited to announce that my team (
@JohnMeluso
@Samson_Goddy
and Rob
Following a highly successful Request for Proposals (RFP), the D//F funders circle is pleased to announce today the selection of 10 new international projects with a press release:
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Indeed “You can do BIG THINGS from a small place”.
Dedicating this award to the team at GitHub Africa
@ALAColombia
,
@Don___Martins
, all the speakers and attendees we’ve had at the meetup ❤️! Y’all gave me the opportunity to shine ⭐️
#GitHubAfrica
Star of the Year at Nova 2022 is
@IkegahRuth
⭐ Ruth has been instrumental to the growth of GitHub Africa and through content creation, helping users get started with OSS, inspiring current & future Stars, and providing feedback on the program! Learn more
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2 years and counting in tech 🎉🎉. Glad I made this decision.
Anytime I get syntax error, it makes me feel I must have been bad in English language 😂
#CodeNewbie
#Day1
#100DaysOfCode
#DataScience
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I got an invite to attend an open source event hosted by the UN on July 9th at their headquarters in Newyork, and a speaker invite from UNICEF for their youth spotlight side event is supposed to follow this. Because the invite came in late, I can’t even get a date for a US visa
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A template:
- What the project does
- The features and benefits of the project
- How users can get started with the project
- Where users can get help with your project
- Who maintains and contributes to the project
cc -
@github
learning lab
#opensource
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Almost done here 😍😍
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August ✨
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Technical Content Manager
@AnimalzCo
is the tweet.
Huge milestone for me🎉🥳🥺💛
Yes I wrote about it!
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That’s me ☺️! My biggest highlight for 2024🎉
In this
#OSPOsforGood
spotlight series interview,
@IkegahRuth
, Open Source Manager in Lagos, Nigeria, shares her highlights from the conference, including its impact for youth.🧒
See more key insights: 🌍
#OSPOsforGood2024
#DigitalCooperation
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I recently wrote a guide for
@github
Readme Project on getting started in open source. If you’re looking to make open source contributions, this guide is for you.
Read here:
#opensource
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I have been seeing a lot of tweets about Burnout, so I want to share a personal story of "How I am dealing with mine and taking care of myself."
Maybe it helps someone!
1/n
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On my first week, Ada did the sweetest thing 🥹🥹, she sent me flowers! Gosh I was so happy that day 😍😍❤️. Ignore that video, the ballon was fascinating 😂😂😂
I'm excited to tell y'all that I joined
@Bitergia
as an Open Source Consultant.
After almost a year of job hunting, 2023 started on a good note for me–I got the role I wanted and waited for.
You can read more about my role and company here:
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First picture: I made this post on my WhatsApp after finding
@nithyaruff
profile in 2022 when I was trying to start a career in Open Source Program Management, and I was so inspired and she became my hero.
This week I got to meet her in person, have a chat with her, got speed
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- Joined Tech Twitter as a Dev 👩💻
- Started Public speaking 🗣️ and Technical Writing ✍️
- First female Github Star in Africa 🌟
- Made good, beautiful, and supportive friends 💛
- Confronted my abuser 😌
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I really want to say how much God has been faithful in my life and career!
Moving from totally nothing to paying my bills without stress🥺
Reminiscing how much pain I went through the past few years. Things are just working out with speed.
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Because tomorrow is my birthday, blessing y’all with more pictures 😍😍😍
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Another solo vacation trip🤩🤩! I’m going to make this a thread of beautiful places I visit!
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I’m so excited for this🥹! I finally get to give an international keynote in-person.
I will be giving a keynote
@ApacheCon
on the 4th of June, talking about the awesome work we do
@chaoss_africa
and
@oscafest
! If you’re going to be in Community Over Code, I would definitely love
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I have some good news to share🥰
I will be giving a lightning talk
@OpenSourceOrg
State of the Source conference! 🥳🥳
It's going to be my first talk, I am both happy and nervous!
#opensource
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It’s going to be my first Keynote speech, really excited and proud of how far I have come in the past two years!
#BreakTheBias
#IWD2022
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Got an employee bonus from my company for my progress and performance this year!
Where them dey sell Benz again ?🤌
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I used to be scared of leadership because I am one of the most softhearted persons and I only wanted to do work in the background and serve the community. Then a friend told me that “the greatest leaders are servants”. Since then it changed my perspective about leadership and I
Friends! We have very special news! 🙌
We are very excited to announce that
@IkegahRuth
is the new Co-Chair of our Governing Board! Read more here:
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I asked for a job and a loml this year. First one has come(best thing). The second is manifesting 🥺.
Literally so happy how my life is changing 😂😭
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A beautiful mail finally 🥺. I’ve been accepted as a committee member to plan the Open Source day
@ghc
and other events this year by
@AnitaB_org
I’m really so happy about this 🤩🤩
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Onboarded over 230 students from 28 African countries to All In Africa program today via
@AllInOpenSource
😍😍. Excited for their journey to learn about open source for the next 3 months.
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My dream for Open Source in the next 5 years (starting from next year) is “Empowering Developers and Designers from Africa to build ACTIVE open source projects that the world will rely on”.
I know I can pull this through!
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I have been seeing tweets of different companies end of year party (virtual and in-person), gift cards and all the rest. And it's so sweet and admirable
By this time next year, I'd also be tweeting my future company's own too 🤲
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I’m so honored to be named a Technologist to watch by
@WomenWhoCode
alongside amazing women in tech globally!
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I just graduated 106 people in 32 African countries from the All In Africa Program by
@github
and
@AllInOpenSource
.
It is my biggest accomplishment so far, creating access and education for them to learn about open source.
Looking forward to launching more cohorts and
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I’m actually more productive when I wake up by 5am, need to start sleeping early to rise early.
The quality of work I have done this morning >>>
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Getting to meet the awesome people I have interacted and worked with in
open source communities
@ApacheCon
@anajsana95
@realPottekkat
@TheTechScribe
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I shared my highlights of the year 🥹!
2023-in-Review: A Star's Reach
{ by
@IkegahRuth
} from
@hashnode
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