EP. 32 Beyond the Hype: Oreoluwa Somolu-Lesi on Tech Truths, Deep Reading, and True Power

Send us Fan MailOreoluwa Somolu-Lesi founded W.TEC in 2008, long before "Women in Tech" became a popular corporate slogan. Having reached over 47,000 girls, she discusses the hard truths of the industry and the one lie we need to stop telling young Nigerian girls about working in technology. We discuss her concerns about raising a generation of technically brilliant children who are losing the ability to read deeply and think critically in the age of TikTok. Finally, this Ashoka and Vital Voices Fellow shares the ultimate lesson she wants every 12-year-old girl in her W.TEC camps to know about her own power—a lesson no code can teach.Support the show