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Introduction:

At BWTH, we celebrate the achievements and journeys of Black women professionals and entrepreneurs
who have paved their way in the tech industry. Their stories inspire us, guide us, and, most importantly,
remind us of the incredible potential within each one of us. Dive into their narratives and find the spark
for your own journey.

Featured Stories

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Venessa Nyarko

Venessa Nyarko is a Narrative and Realization Producer at The Coalition, an Xbox game studio. Venessa works with interdisciplinary teams at the Coalition to develop cohesive storytelling across gameplay, cinematics, and sequences to create a cohesive experience for players.

Venessa began her tech career as an Xbox Digital Marketing Coordinator for Microsoft Canada, then moved to Game Development as a Production Coordinator at Ubisoft Toronto. She rose rapidly through the ranks to become a Production Manager and First Assistant Director for all Gameplay Animation on Far Cry 6.

Currently, she is the Leader of the Black Kids Code (Girls) Vancouver chapter, a non-profit organization with chapters in Vancouver, Edmonton, and Calgary, and the first non-profit organization in Canada dedicated to empowering black girls to develop digital literacy, computer competence, and foundational knowledge for a career in technology.

With over six years of experience in the technology industry, Venessa is passionate about gaming, marketing, digital/social media, and how creativity, processes, and metrics can work together to create great stories. Venessa has a degree in Rhetoric, Media, and Professional Communications with Business from the University of Waterloo.

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Dr. Debbie Motilewa

Debbie Chiamaka Motilewa Ph.D. is a Product Manager, business developer, and the founder of Afro Hub, an online marketplace for Black-owned businesses in Canada. She has a graduate degree in Accounting and Finance from Dublin Business School, Ireland, a Master’s degree in Business from the University of Aberdeen, and a Doctoral degree in Business Administration from Covenant University.

She started her career in academia before pivoting into tech. Debbie has taught management, organizational behaviour, and sustainable business across three different continents – North America, Africa, and Europe. She is also the Chief Executive Officer of The VolunteerNG, a non-profit focused on expanding access to quality education for children and youth in Nigeria. Through VolunteerNG, Debbie has mentored over 800 young adults and is sponsoring 30 kids through elementary and high school. She is also the author of SMART Goals: Making habits work for you.

Debbie officially began her career in Tech at Microsoft in 2021 and is currently working on building and driving the adoption of Yammer within Microsoft.

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Jessica Udo

Jessica Adaobi Udo is a product management professional, diversity and inclusion advocate, and a founding 200 Member of Product School. She started her tech career at Microsoft as a Program Manager, working with a team of software developers to deliver new features for Azure DevOps Boards. She is a graduate of Electrical and Software Engineering from McGill University.

Jessica is the Chair/President of the Global Africans of Microsoft Employee Network, where she partners with Executive leadership and other employee groups to provide a global perspective and reach for Africa and the African Diaspora and advance Microsoft’s Global Diversity and Inclusion Strategy. She is also one of the program managers for the African Impact Challenge, an initiative that funds and trains first-time African founders to build market-creating innovations.

Through her different engagements, Jessica uses technology to solve challenges, while working to ensure greater representation and inclusion for minorities in tech. She is currently working as a Product Manager on Microsoft’s Cloud Mine Platform.

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