Being a Tech Girl in Nigeria.

My Quiet Hustle.

There’s something poetic about debugging code while NEPA takes light.
There’s something heroic about submitting a front-end project with 10% battery and no fuel in the generator.
That’s my life—quiet hustle, noisy environment.

I didn’t grow up with a laptop. My first line of code wasn’t typed in a cozy co-working space with AC and iced coffee.
It was on a borrowed laptop whose keyboard were malfunctioned, so I had to use an external keyboard, watching YouTube at midnight with MTN’s night plan and hoping the code runs before dawn.

But I showed up.

As a Nigerian girl in tech, I’ve learned that:

• You don’t need to be loud to make an impact.
• You don’t need to go viral to be valuable.
• And you don’t need perfect conditions to grow.

Some of my biggest wins have been quiet:

• Fixing a stubborn bug after crying on it for three days of no sleep.
• Building a portfolio site from scratch while teaching full time.
• Explaining flexbox to someone’s confused uncle (don’t ask).

The hustle isn’t always aesthetic. Sometimes, it’s slow.
It’s switching between VS Code and Google Docs.
It’s solving real-life bugs while solving code bugs.

So today, I want to say this to every Nigerian girl trying to code her way forward:
I can see you. Your hustle is valid. 

Whether you’re just starting HTML or deploying your 5th website,
you’re doing something powerful. Keep building.
Keep showing up.
Your quiet hustle is enough.

What’s your story?

Please, share with me in the comment section.