Oreoluwa Lesi

Oreoluwa Lesi
Residence Lagos, Nigeria
Nationality Nigerian
Known for
  • Information Technology Literacy
  • Girls Empowerment
Title Executive director

Oreoluwa Lesi is a Nigerian entrepreneur and UK-trained economist and IT 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.[1] W.TEC was established in the year 2008. She is a fellow of Ashoka and a recipient of ABIE Award Winners, Change Agent.

Early life and education

Lesi's early years were spent in Nigeria. With an electrical engineer father, she fell in love with technology from childhood which led to her developing a software application that was used to run her parent's bookshop.[2]

After her years in high school at Queen's College, Lagos,[1] she studied diploma course in computer programming.[2] She proceeded to United Kingdom where she studied economics and graduated with bachelor's degree in economics from University of Essex She also obtained, master's degree in analysis, design and management information from London School of Economics and Political Science.[3] Through her NGO, she has touched live of 12000 girls in Nigeria.[3] She studied Applied Sciences at Harvard University Extension School[4]

Career

In the UK, she worked with Lonadek Oil and Gas Consultancy where she managed CSR Initiative-2020. She also worked with EDC in the United State on research project.She returned to Nigeria in the year 2005[3] She established W.TEC in the year 2008.[5] She was honored as fellow of Ashoka in 2013.[2] In 2009,She bagged ABIE Award Winners, Change Agent.[4][6]

Personal life

She is married to Gboyega Lesi and resides in Lagos.[7]

Publications

YearTitleWork
2004 Making the Most of On-line Learning: An Introduction to Learning on the Internet’Education Development Center[8]
2006 ‘Telling Our Own Stories: African Women Blogging for Social Change’Gender & Development Journal[9]
2013 Radio for Women’s Development Examining the Relationship between Access and ImpactNokoko Institute of African Studies Carleton University Ottawa, Canada) 2013(3)[10]

References

  1. 1 2 Vista, Woman (21 October 2012). "We're empowering girls for IT devt – Oreoluwa Somolu". Vanguard Newspaper. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 The Adminstrator. "Ashoka Fellow". Ashoka. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 Bimbola Segun-Amag. "CPAfrica Intervies Oreoluwa Somolu Lesi of Women's Technology Empowerment Centre". CPAfrica. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  4. 1 2 The Editor. "Anita Borg Institute Announces 2009 Change Agent Award Winners". Business Wire Institut. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  5. ↑ Africa-ontherise. "Exclusive Interview: Oreoluwa Somolu-Lesi, Executive Director, Women's Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC)". Changing the AFrican Conversation. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  6. ↑ Jerri, Barrett. "ABIE Award Winners, Change Agent". Anita Borg Institute. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  7. ↑ Odebiyi, Olatunde. "Compliment your wife always". The Nation. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  8. ↑ Somolu, Oreoluwa; Kaser, Joyce; Hanson, Katherine. "Making the Most Of On-line Learning: An Introduction to Learning on the Internet". Education Development Centre. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  9. ↑ Sweetman, , Caroline. "Telling our own stories': African women blogging for social change". OXFAM. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  10. ↑ Oreoluwa, Somolu. "Radio for Women's Development Examining the Relationship between Access and Impact" (PDF). Nokoko. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
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