Fear Cripples You, Here’s How. — When I was younger, I wore heels a lot. I wouldn’t say I wore them comfortably, but I always tried despite the staggering. One time, I wore heels to church and I fell just at the entrance. Everyone around tried to help me up after chuckling, and as someone who…

On being accommodating, being open-minded, and once again, extending grace… — For principled people, it’s often difficult to see things go differently from your plan. It’s even more difficult watching people do things in a way you don’t think is right. …

A Feature Article in Honour of She Code Africa’s Founder’s Birthday — Ada Nduka Oyom, also known as Kolokodess, is a model for many, especially ladies in the tech industry. She’s mostly known and often applauded for her efforts to bring more ladies into tech and bridge the gender gap. …

It’s not enough to just join; how do you harness the goodness of a tech community? — There are two categories of people in tech communities: those who get the benefits and those who don’t. Full stop. And most times, they are in their respective categories because of what they do or don’t. …

Best Practices for Curating User Stories as a Product Manager — Writing a User Story is another task a Product Manager does. A Product Manager wears many hats, including storytelling, which is pertinent to product management. Unlike product requirements documents (PRDs), user stories talk about the features of a product from a user’s perspective. What are User Stories? A user story is an informal description…

A guide to writing excellent PRDs — Writing a Product Requirements Document (PRD) is one of the strategic and exciting tasks in Product Management. I could liken a PRD to a few things, but the most intriguing is a life manual. Did you get that? No? Stay with me. Imagine that right after your placenta was delivered…

Likening an app description to a Tinder profile summary — Now that you are ready to launch your app, how do you write app descriptions that scale? It goes beyond rattling off the functionalities your app can perform or how many years you have spent building it. Before writing an app description for Playstore or Appstore, my favourite activity is…

The heartbroken’s entry — “Maybe it’s something I said or did. I messed up, right? No, he did! He’s to blame, not me. He chose someone else, how’s that my fault? Maybe I actually didn’t try enough. Maybe I don’t deserve love.” There goes the regular back-and-forth conversation in your head. You’re wondering why…

Practical ways to #BreakTheBias — It’s Women’s History Month and, at the same time, we celebrate International Women’s Day. Many worldwide, both men and women, are trending the #BreakTheBias hashtag. We encourage women to tell their stories, saying that women can and should pursue a career in tech without discrimination. However, it goes beyond trending…