Oluwadamilola Soyombo is a vibrant and enthusiastic senior product designer cum child education advocate. She is a founder and co-founder of tech organizations whose missions are to groom young techies. Damilola’s love for tech inclusion has won her awards in UI/UX designs. Even though she didn’t own a personal computer until her undergraduate year, she had always loved to make life easier for people. Oluwadamilola knew the opportunities in accessing technological tools at a young age, she wanted every Nigerian child to benefit. This made her create an Ed-tech platform where young children can learn tech skills at no cost. As a female who is aware of the gender margin in tech, Oluwadamilola is creating avenues for every girl. She is a growth hack strategist who believes in leveraging communities for impact. Oluwadamilola derives joy in seeing her learners excited about their learning progress.
Would you love to read about a passionate techie whose impact has spread like wildfire? This profile is a must-read.
Oluwadamilola Soyombo’s Career Profile
Damilola had a lot of career choices in mind but she chose Computer science because she sees the power of technology. She is an alumnus of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta. She has a nano degree in UX design from Udacity. After that, Oluwadamilola learnt about user experience principles and process design from the University of Michigan. As a person with a big goal, she progressed to earn a certificate in business development and management from Pan Atlantic University. Damilola was a participant in the Kleos Academy Startup Advantage Program. Oluwadamilola was a mentor at Naijahacks, a community where UI/UX designers are given support and guidance.
Oluwadamilola Soyombo is Vibrant
She is an active participant in various tech establishments. Damilola volunteers as a host/podcaster at techiesdiet. She is also a co-organizer of the Pan African Hackathon. Gidicodes and adplist.org have her as their design facilitator and Mentor respectively. Oluwadamilola has an updated skill set that possesses her in a leadership position in the design field. Product management, information architecture, rapid prototyping, creative writing, 3D modelling, and application and website development are a few of her expertise areas. She is widely endorsed as an exceptional professional, mentor and tutor by all and sundry. Damilola has received honours and awards for her incredible contribution to the world of software and design. She has her name tied to incredible projects and contributions where she unleashes her design and research skills to solve pressing problems. A notable one is her redesign of fibre.com, an online marketplace for Lagosians seeking rented apartments.
Tech Journey
Damilola’s tech journey began as an intern. First, at Stanbic IBTC as a Network support personnel, then, as IT support personnel, Web and app developer at Chevron. She successfully worked as the UI/UX designer at Hotels.ng, Freeme Digital Limited, Shecluded, Exquis App Factory, MenaGet SPC, Mnassa, Readeo. Oluwadamilola has been a Design Educator at Creative Ferry for close to four years. She is a Co-founder of Lafya healthcare and BidBuddyapp where she leads the UI/UX design team. Damilola is the amazing face behind The Creative Kids Zone and Skooqs. TCKzone is an NGO that introduces young children across Africa to the use of technology thereby increasing the number of techies.
Oluwadamilola founded the online educational platform, Skooqs to provide intensive creative skills to children 5-18 years. Damilola currently works with an international organization in UAE, Modus Capital as a product designer. She just dey burst my brain, see as pesin dey make an impact!
Oluwadamilola Soyombo’s Notable Facts
Damilola had her bite of the critical national cake. Lol, but one admirable thing is that she learnt from them. The major lessons criticism taught are the power of storytelling and networking. Having these two will pave the way to the solutions most people seek. As a coach who preaches confidence and passion, she has groomed young self-confident and passionate techies. Oluwadamilola Soyombo has successfully trained over 2000 kids in design and animation. The most prominent is an eight-year-old girl currently using her design prowess to promote her mother’s business online. The thirteen and fifteen years old boys are now digital tech hub founders. What more can we regard as a success story if not this!
Finally on Oluwadamilola Soyombo
Damilola sees a huge vacuum that needs to be filled in the African educational system. Even though technology has changed normal jobs, our educational provision is still lagging. As interesting as technology is, having mentors makes the journey easy. Females do not have enough mentors career-wise as there are few women in tech. This contributed to the gender margin. Oluwadamilola identifies the gradual improvement as more women are now tech founders. She is a strong advocate of ‘Catch them young”. Including the young female folks is the way to redefining African technology. Damilola’s mantra is “Challenge yourself every day”, no wonder she keeps impacting! Damilola is ready to build future-ready kids, guess her curriculum? Benjamin Franklin’s quote ” Tell me I forget, teach me, I remember; Involve me I learn”. She points out Spirituality, mentorship, upskilling and vision as the tech survival skills. You can be anything, you can do anything!
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