Building a better and impactful Community

The Facebook Developers Circles is a community of tech enthusiasts(students, professional software practitioners, researchers, etc) connecting, learning and collaborating with each other to share knowledge, build new ideas and learn about latest technologies. With support from Facebook, Developers Circles has grown to many cities in Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia. People have found new job opportunities, connected to coding boot camps, participated in both and local hackathons and received hands-on support for building with Facebook’s developer products.

As technology grows in Ghana, there’s the need for a community to support the tech ecosystem which is why Developer Circles Accra exist. Founded in 2017, the community has done it’s best to bring over hundreds of developers, tech enthusiasts and entrepreneurs together, exposing them to numerous opportunities. In order to build a strong community, there is a need for a team to make this happen. Today, we would like to introduce to you the team behind that makes Developer Circles — Accra a wonderful community.

Leads

Oliver Mensah

Oliver Mensah works with DevLess as a software developer with a focus on backend development. As a community builder, he is the co-lead of the Developer Circles Accra community where he acts as a catalyst by liaising with Developer Circles to grow a more resilient tech ecosystem through programs that enable people, groups, and organizations to act together for the common good.

Winnie Akoko

Winnie Shaf Akoko is a software entrepreneur with 3+ years of startup experience. Passionate about integrating business and technology strategies to solve local challenges. As a product strategist, she is super keen on the use of data in business, using innovative technology solutions to solve the challenges experienced by the locals. A strong advocate for STEM and promoting gender inclusion. The Female co-lead of DevC Accra who helps in planning and organizing of tech meetups.

Aside from we having leads who work directly with Developer Circle from Facebook, we needed people from the community to support other stuff in order to make things go smoother. We got some very active members to help us with some other activities which we would like to introduce as well.

Supporting Team Members

Alex Calvin Gbetie

Gbetie Alex Calvin is co-founder and CTO of ProFish Ghana Limited, a startup that aims to build the fishery sector through IT. He is supporting the Developer Circle Accra as a Graphic Designer and Artwork developer. He also helps organize events.

Isaac Oteng

Isaac is an Oracle technology Consultant. He is currently an Oracle EPM Consultant at the Ministry of Finance, Ghana developing and supporting the national budget system. He is supporting Developer Circles Accra as a Partnership builder.

Roberta Akoto

Roberta Akoto is a Software developer at Agrocenta. She is also a co-founder of Weflyp a startup that aims to enable businesses to build and manage an online store easily. She loves to volunteer for programs related to developer communities and children. She is currently helping the developer circles community with writing.

Joseph Akayesi

Joseph is a full stack developer and is currently working as a backend developer consultant for Dnar(dnar.io). He was a study group facilitator for the Web DevC track in the recent DevC Training program. I am currently helping out with Developer Circles Public Relations through our social media accounts.

Faiza Seidu-Adam

Faiza is a Network Engineer and a front end developer. She is also the founder of GirlyTech, a tech mentorship program which aims to inspire and motivate young girls to pursue STEM education and careers. She’s a STEM Advocate and a volunteer. She’s a MUNer, Wikipedian and autism ambassador. She helps DevC Accra in events planning.

How we stay connected

In order to make our community very connected, we have a group which enables members of our community to communicate with each other easily. To be a member of our community on Facebook, kindly use this link to join us.

As a community, we host programs frequently and do encourage partnerships as well. Interested in a collaborative event or want to sponsor any of our upcoming events? Kindly shoot an email to devcaccra17@gmail.com.

Stay connected to see more articles about our events and other activities. Cheers 🥂 to building a successful and productive tech community.

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