Oreoluwa Lesi
Oreoluwa Somolu Lesi is a Nigerian social entrepreneur and UK-trained economist and information technology expert. She is the founder and executive director of Women's Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC), a non-profit organisation that empowers women and girls socially and economically through education in Information technology.
Quotes
[edit]- Gone are the days where girls are relegated to doing domestic chores, leaving boys to go to school and have a career.
- Speaking at International Day of the Girl-child (11 October 2017)
- It is best at this age for parents, guardians and teachers to give the girls the opportunity to be the best, have confidence in themselves and basically dream as widely as they can.
- Revalidating the role of women in technology is not meant to compete with the men, it shouldn’t be like that because we all have our area of strengths and perspective. We are bringing different levels of exposure to the team or workplace.
- There is a greater awareness of the issue of, the gender gap in technology.
- Over the years, we have been able to create awareness about the gender gap.
- We need more women in the space because they bring their unique perspective to development, technology and policy.
- It also encourages women who are in technology all ready to step out.
- We encourage the women we find to give talks to the girls so that there is visibility.
- It also encourages the girls to rise to the top to see these women as options.
- I see a bright future. Traditionally, we have had few women in this space. Globally in terms of people studying STEM subjects across the world, 35 per cent are women. In Nigeria, the figures are just about less than that. In terms of Women studying technology and engineering in Nigerian universities, you have about 25 per cent according to the figures from JAMB.
- It is one thing to get girls to study these subjects, it is another thing to transit to the career and stay in the career. A lot of research shows that within the first ten years shows that women who are working in tech tend to drop out. So, the workplace must be also friendly to women. Things are changing but change also takes time.
- You have to keep learning, you can’t stay static in your knowledge. As a leader in an organisation, you need to do a lot. Sometimes, you are so busy and neglect your personal development.I have learnt that I become more effective if I keep learning, so I create that time.
- https://thenationonlineng.net/oreoluwa-lesi-women-drop-out-of-tech-jobs-within-first-ten-years/
- If success means living with joy, contentment, and doing great things with my talent, then failure is the opposite of success. It means not living with joy, contentment, or using my skills and gifts. Failure would also mean not pushing myself out of my comfort zone, and not daring to try new things and ideas.
- It is important to grow people. To realise that people are individuals with their dreams.
