Joannah Nanjekye

Joannah Nanjekye is from Uganda, a software engineer, conference speaker and a proud FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) contributor who presented at PyCon ZA in South Africa in 2016 and 2017. She shares her knowledge on implementation for Python 2 and 3 support from experiences on her work on open source projects. She worked as software developer for Laboremus Uganda and Fintech Uganda before pursuing a career as Aeronautical Engineer with a bias in Avionics at Kenya Aeronautical College. She is a proud Rails Girls Summer of Code alumnae and was mentored into FOSS development during her time as a scholar. Quotes "The only immortality that humans can achieve is through the passing on of our knowledge." "I get more satisfaction in my work when i develop something that people will find joy using." "I enjoy encouraging women in Technology,I believe women can be techies and design solutions for the world . They only need to be resolute and resilient not to give up even when they have every reason to." "I want to build a community and language that educators can use to meet their teaching needs." External links