Abigail Afi Gbadago
Abigail Afi Gbadago is a Computer Science graduate from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana.
She developed a keen interest for NXT and EV3 Robotics through competitions organised by Ghana Robotics Academy Foundation(GRAF) in 2014 whilst in high school(Aburi Girls').
After competing at the national level in the Robotics Inspired Science Education Challenge(RiSE) organised by GRAF and representing her country,Ghana and her high school at the World Robot Olympiad(WRO) 2014 in Russia,Sochi, she decided to delve more into tech in university. There,she met various tech communities such as GDG Kumasi, Google DSC, Open Streets Accra,Django Girls,PyLadies,etc that influenced her tech journey.
At the moment, she is a Software Engineer and still volunteers her time as a mentor and speaker at tech events and contributes to the tech communities to help others grow in tech.
GitHub : https://github.com/AfiMaameDufie
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Open Source for Good helps our lives and systems in so many ways. An example is the introduction of Open Streets Map which is a free, editable map of the whole world which is maintained by volunteers. In most parts of the world, Geo-data is not free and you won’t have full access to it but OSM gives you access to the Geo-Data.