Blessing Abeng

"It’s not that audacity doesn’t belong to women, it’s that women don’t know that they can harness it to the best of their ability."

"We don't feel confident 100% of the time, and sometimes, we just need somebody to remind us of our awesomeness."

"Don’t be comfortable being the only woman in the room."

"It’s okay to be the first, but it’s not okay to be the only."

"I realized that when people underestimate you, you don’t even have to do way too much to blow them from their seats, based on how excellent you are."

"You always just have to show that you’re the better person in every space that you go into."

"I grew up wanting to be a medical doctor because I wanted to save lives, and I am doing that now, but not in the hospital."

"“I think that tech might be our way out of poverty.” On the role of technology in transforming economic futures in Africa."

"I didn’t grow up thinking there was anything I couldn’t do."

""The goal of an experiment is not to be right but to discover.“Blessing's favourite quote"

"I think that Tech might be Our Way out of Poverty."

"Tech is showing a new perspective on the African continent, showing how amazing and talented our people are as opposed to the general opinion of us as a poverty-stricken continent."

"Being able to be scared and still do things and be successful in them is inspiring, the people around me are inspiring."

"Seeing people’s lives change or watching them be just a little bit better is very inspiring for me."

"I just want to be sure that I’m a catalyst no matter what I’m doing."

"Tech is a leveler. It doesn’t care about your age, race, gender, country, or anything like that. It only cares about your skills… You just have to start.” On democratizing access to technology education."