Ire Aderinokun Explained

Ire Aderinokun
Birth Date:1991 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Lagos, Nigeria
Nationality:Nigerian
Citizenship:United Kingdom
Alma Mater:University of Bristol
Occupation:Website Developer
Known For:Bitsofcode
Mother:Olunfunlola Aderinokun
Father:Olutayo Aderinokun
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

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

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] 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.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ire . Aderinokun . Ire Aderinokun Webpage . ireaderinokun.com . onowho victor . 24 April 2021.
  2. Web site: Ire Aderinokun: The Inspiring Tech Queen. 2018-03-19. The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. en-US. 2020-03-12.
  3. Web site: These 5 Nigerian Women Are Crushing It in the Tech Space. BellaNaija.com. 2020-02-24. BellaNaija. en-US. 2020-03-12.
  4. Web site: From Software Engineers to Venture Capitalists & Policy Makers! These Tech Women had the AUDACITY to Pursue their Big Dreams. BellaNaija.com. 2019-03-28. BellaNaija. en-US. 2020-03-12.
  5. Web site: Ire Aderinokun Is The First Nigerian Woman To Become Google Developer Expert. 2019-04-09. Women Africa. en-US. 2020-03-09.
  6. News: Ajiboye. Tolu. Breaking the code: how women in Nigeria are changing the face of tech. 2017-08-14. The Guardian. 2020-03-12. en-GB. 0261-3077.
  7. Web site: 17 powerful women who have shaped Nigerian culture. 2019-03-06. www.pulse.ng. en-US. 2020-03-12.
  8. Web site: Girl power in a tech world. 2018-10-02. The Africa Report.com. en-US. 2020-03-12.
  9. Web site: Ire Aderinokun Is The First Nigerian Woman To Become Google Developer Expert. 2019-04-09. Women Africa. en-US. 2020-03-12.
  10. Web site: Women in Tech: Ire Aderinokun. townhall.hashnode.com. en. 2020-03-12.
  11. Web site: Meet Ire Aderinokun, Nigeria's first female Google Developer Expert. 2017-03-05. Grafrica. en-US. 2020-03-12.
  12. Web site: Women In UX Design: Ire Aderinokun on the Illimitable World of a Developer. forcreativegirls_. 2016-09-13. For Creative Girls. en-GB. 2020-03-12.
  13. Web site: Tech Women Lagos. en-US. 2020-03-12.
  14. Web site: The 10 most influential people in tech this year. 2017-12-13. Pulse Nigeria. en-US. 2020-03-12.
  15. Web site: Ire Aderinokun. TechCabal. en-US. 2020-03-12.
  16. Web site: Story of Ire Aderinokun - Enabling knowledge for all. 2019-07-23. Udacity. en-US. 2020-03-12.
  17. Web site: Ire Aderinokun. ireaderinokun.com. 2020-05-26.
  18. Web site: Feminist Coalition . Elle . 24 April 2021.

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