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Passion and commitment: Theresa Seyram Agbenyegah’s open source journey

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by Eclipse Foundation Staff “I see open source as a career” For the past seven years, Theresa Seyram Agbenyegah has been growing alongside Ghana’s open source community as a developer, organiser, volunteer, mentor, and advocate. What began in 2018 with a simple invitation to a Django Girls coding workshop has grown into both a passion […]

Joyce Dzifa Lokko: Creating opportunities in Ghana’s growing tech ecosystem

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by Eclipse Foundation Staff “We’re not just developers. We’re 360-degree engineers.” For more than a decade, Joyce Dzifa Lokko has been navigating Ghana’s evolving technology landscape as an engineer, community leader, mentor, and advocate for greater representation in technology. Her beginnings in technology were anything but easy. From struggling to understand her first programming lessons […]

Code from Cameroon: A founder’s road to open source

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By Eclipse Foundation Team Fon Emmanuel Noel Nfebe’s story In the growing constellation of Global South contributors shaping today’s open source ecosystem, Fon Emmanuel Noel Nfebe stands out as a hands-on builder, a humble mentor, and a quietly persistent innovator. His journey – from his childhood in Cameroon to contributing to globally used platforms like […]

What open source has taught me about community, resilience, and purpose

Ruth Ikegah’s story In this guest post, Ruth Ikegah, open source pioneer and community builder in Africa, shares her journey – from her upbringing in a rural Nigerian household to global tech conference stages. Drawing on her experience building sustainable open source communities, she shares key lessons on leveraging open source as a career launchpad, […]

Olawale Fabiyi: From West Africa to Southeast Asia – and back again

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Friday, November 14, 2025 – by Eclipse Foundation Team  “The future of African technology will be built on open source” From his first baby steps in digital design in his father’s print shop to shaping digital transformation in The Gambia, Olawale Fabiyi’s story traces the evolution of a self-taught programmer who turned limited access into […]