Ire Aderinokun

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]

Ire Aderinokun
Born (1991-03-03) 3 March 1991
Lagos, Nigeria
NationalityNigerian
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
Alma materUniversity of Bristol
OccupationWebsite Developer
Known forBitsofcode
Parents
  • Olutayo Aderinokun (father)
  • Olunfunlola Aderinokun (mother)
Website[1]

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][4] 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.

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