My First Tech Event

So because I was not a speaker at the just concluded DevFestsw that held in Ibadan exactly seven days ago, I couldn't share my story like every other speaker did. But I am using this platform to tell my own story.

I was in my 200 level in the university as a pure science student. On this day, i tried logging in to the schools wifi so i can access the internet. On the schools portal, once you are connected, you are redirected to another page where you see ads of events in the university community.

One of the events banner I saw was by #NACOSS OAU. As it is done with every department in the university, there is usually a week for events organised by the students association of each department. I guess because they were computer science students, so they had access to this platform.

I simply took note of the date and time of the event. It was very unusual for a non student of a particular department to attend events by another department. But nonetheless, I made it there. More reason why I was initially not allowed to fill the form at the entrance to allow me in because I was not a computer science student and not even from the faculty of technology. I was from the department of microbiology, in the faculty of science. I guess providence prevailed and I was allowed in after registering.

That singular event was my first time in any tech event in my university. It was a #web clinic. I couldn't flow with every activity at the web clinic, but I sure learnt some new things. I also took an online web academy exam that we were introduced to at the event. I met new people and that event marked the beginning of my journey on the internet and online technologies.

I have since then published an ebook on #digital literacy to help young #Nigerians understand the power of the internet and how they can maximise it for there good. I have also taken part in training people in adopting online technologies, helped #smes using different platforms understand how they can position their business for growth online. I am still scaling and grateful for the organizers of that event.