Ruth Ikegah

Nigeria

Ruth Ikegah is an Open-Source Program Manager, Community Manager, GitHub Star, and Technical Writer. She is sparked about onboarding beginners into the tech system, especially the open-source space. Asides from being actively involved in tech, She is a social volunteer and a voluntary blood donor. Ruth loves making new friends over a slice of cake.

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Speaker at GitHub Universe: Open source for all: Skilling the next generation of developers

I led an engaging discussion about why skilling the next generation of developers is important and how open source can help sharing the real-life examples from the All In Africa Initiative by GitHub.

Speaking (conference/usergroups) / 10-29-2024

Keynote Speech: From Local Roots to Global Impact: Building an Inclusive Open Source Community in Africa

I gave a keynote speech sharing the work I do at Open Source Community Africa and how global organizations can build inclusive communities.

Speaking (conference/usergroups) / 10-22-2024

All In Africa Intiative Year 1 Program Wrapup

I led the All In Africa initiative, a program that has trained 500 participants in over 40 different African countries. The program has enabled learners to make their first contributions to open source and gain foundational knowledge of using GitHub as a collaborative platform.

Forum / 10-10-2024

CHAOSS Community Board Co-Chair

I became the CHAOSS Project Board Co-chair responsible in organizing the members of our board together, setting up topics of discussion and finalizing decisions.

Forum / 08-09-2024

United Nations: UNICEF Youth Spotlight Panel

I spoke at the United Nations Headquarters in New York at the OSPOs for Good Conference, which was filled with decision-makers in the private, public, and government sectors who interface with open source technology. I shared my experience on how youths have a place in open source and the impact of the capacity-building programs I run in Africa.

Speaking (conference/usergroups) / 07-10-2024