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Ingressive4good Geneza Poster
April 26, 2021  

Ingressive4GoodXGeneza Scholarship Updates

So far so good, the training is amazing. When I finished my first class project, I was like “did I do this?”. The first time I opened Figma, I was a bit intimidated and now I’m designing UIs. I love …

April 15, 2021  

They picked ME: Ingressive4good 1000WomenInDesign Scholarship

When we worked on Boku for Hack The Normal, I really wished I had some knowledge of Figma. I can’t remember the date but it was sometime around March.

It was almost midnight when I saw the call for applications …

April 15, 2021  

Reflection

As I listened to a video on youtube, I had a moment to reflect on my life. I have been ungrateful to God. You see in 2010, I had an appendix surgery. It started as a normal stomach ache, then …

SITA hackathon 2021
April 2, 2021  

SITA HACKATHON 2021: I WON

I promise you I do not know how to start this blog post. I am so excited.

I cannot believe I won.

On the 1st of April, I received three emails from Devpost. I assumed they were from Hack The …

March 25, 2021  

Hack The Normal Hackathon 2021

After EUHackathon, I said to myself, “no more hackathons”. Then I saw Hack The Normal (HTN) and I thought why not give it a try – one more. I went through the challenges and I decided to go for …

SITA hackathon 2021
March 24, 2021  

SITA HACKATHON 2021

Fresh out of an intense 3-day Hackathon – Hack the Normal, I was curious to see what other Hackathons were on DevPost. I spotted the SITA Hackathon and I immediately signed up. That was the best decision I made. I …

semi opened laptop computer turned on on table
March 1, 2021  

Starting from Scratch: Web Dev

Okay, so I could not keep up with the 100days of code challenge.

Uhhh so the thing is I have decided to start from scratch with my journey as a developer. I am going to start from the very beginning, …

February 3, 2021  

Startup Chronicles: Something similar to Sarai

On the 1st of February, I was reading an article on Techcabal and saw three startups focusing on maternal health. Decided to check them out and they have similar features to Sarai. I swear my heart sank and for a …

January 4, 2021  

Happy New Year: 2020 Lessons

In 2020 I learned. 

In 2020 I grew.

I really fell deep into the dark hole of depression and suicidal thoughts. Being here today is by the grace of God. In January 2020, I was having panic attacks and I …

EU: Africa The Post Crisis Journey
January 3, 2021  

Hackathon: EU Africa The Post Crisis Journey

Before Christmas, I participated in another Hackathon. I was not thinking about winning, I just wanted to make it to the top 20. Unfortunately, my team did not scale through.

For the first time, I did not beat myself up …

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