Chief bridesmaid

Nkechi Okwuone   She is the Open Data Manager of the Edo State Open Data portal in Nigeria, the first sub-national Open Data portal in Africa. She is an alumnus of Federal Government Girls College, Ibusa and the University of Port Harcourt, where she received her B. Eng in Electrical Electronics Engineering. She leads a team of professionals within the information Communication Technology Agency, Edo State who implement, promote the Governments agenda of transparency, collaborative and participatory governance. she has worked on various data driven projects for the past 3 years ranging from building applications/visualization with data, training/seminars on data to organizing/participating in data driven hackathons.             Nkechi is the co-ordinator of SabiHub, a not for profit organization with a vision to solve social problems using technology where she manages a vibrant open data community and mentors entrepreneurs. She is currently a Fellow in School of Data, an organization that works to empower civil society organizations, journalists and citizens with the skills they need to use data effectively.       She is well respected in the open data community of Nigeria and has been recognized as the youngest Open Data Manager in Africa and nominated for the Future Awards Africa prize in Public Service (2014). You can follow her on Twitter at @enkayfreda