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International Women’s Day: Celebrating Women in Blockchain Tech

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International women's day: celebrating women in blockchain

Women role in society, not just the Blockchain space has always been a topic of discussion in the media. One could be pardoned for assuming the Blockchain and the cryptocurrency industry is male-dominated field as men are seen to be obvious domination of the technology space in general.
However, women should be recognized and commended as many of them play active roles in improving the adoption of cryptocurrency in mainstream commerce. There is a growing number of notable women making a tangible contribution and actively involved in leading projects in the Blockchain and cryptocurrency sphere.
On this international women’s day, we want to celebrate some of the female players making strides within the Blockchain ecosystem and here is a brief look at some;

Genevieve Leveille, Principal Founder and Chief Executive Officer at AgriLedger (JERSEY)

Genevieve has over 23 years’ experience in Supply Chain Finance and Banking, an expert in digital identity, market risk, liquidity management, treasury and business, and industry transformation. She is a renowned international speaker and has considerable experience in all major international markets. In 2016 Genevieve founded and led a hackathon team in the creation of the AgriLedger concept, a social enterprise project using distributed ledger technology and mobile apps for agricultural producers. Not only does Genevieve bring significant expertise and corporate experience to Blockchain and Cryptocurrency industries, but she’s also a passionate and skilled advocate in utilizing technology solutions for social impact, empowerment, and the greater good.
Follow Genevieve thoughts on the subject on LinkedIn, Twitter

Lindsay Nuon, Founder, and CEO of Women of Color in Blockchain, Inc. (WCB)

One of the hottest Cybersecurity startups in the industry toping best-of-lists in Information Weekly Dark Reading, SC Magazine and WSJ. She advises startups, mentors and speaks on topics including Cybersecurity, Data privacy, Governance, Risk, and Compliance and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. She is a proud member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals, a Certified Ethical Hacker and an Integrated Risk Management strategist. To date, her work has been covered in Al Jazeera, CNBC. Recently she served as a judge for the inaugural One World Award, presented at the Consensys Blockchain for Social Impact Conference at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, DC. WCB along with its partners work to enhance the perspectives represented at conferences, companies, and projects across the Blockchain ecosystem and the tech industry.
You can find her on the subject on Twitter, Linkedin

Ella Zhang, Head of Binance Labs

Ella has over 14 years of interdisciplinary experience in venture capital and frontier technologies. She was the youngest investment director of KPCB, one of the most prominent VCs on Sand Hill Road. Ella also co-founded XiaoduoAI, which provides NLP solutions to more than 3,000 clients including Taobao, EMS, Meituan, China Telecom, and JD Finance. Ella holds a B.S.E.E. from UESTC and MBA from Stanford GSB, where she started to believe in Blockchain technology and cryptocurrency will “Change lives.
Follow her thoughts on the subject on Twitter

Ruth Iselema, CEO, Bitmama.io

Ruth Iselema is the Co-founder and CEO at Bitmama, a cryptocurrency exchange with the mission to financially empower people by leveraging blockchain technology with fast, simple and easy trading of cryptocurrencies. She is a cryptocurrency enthusiast, trader and early investor with years of experience in Blockchain.
You can find Ruth on the subject on Linkedin, Twitter

Faith Obafemi, Blockchain Lawyer

Faith Obafemi is a digital lawyer whose practice area revolves around legal tech, cryptocurrency, Blockchain, and smart contracts. As a Founding Partner at Lex Futurus, an international Blockchain law firm, Faith helps her clients illuminate and navigate the crypto dark maze.
Follow faith insights on the subject on Twitter, Linkedin

Alakanani Itireleng, Founder, Satoshicentre.tech, Botswana

Alakanani Itireleng is one of the first ladies to be behind the bitcoin and Blockchain technology having been fully active since 2013, she is popularly known as the Bitcoinlady of Africa, she is a global Blockchain speaker, an innovator and founder of the Blockchain hub satoshicentre and a startup called Plaas.
You can find her on Twitter, Linkedin

Doris Ojuederie, Founder, Blockchain African Ladies

Ojuederie Doris, a Blockchain certified expert, an entrepreneur with expertise on Business Development and strategic marketing and ardent Blockchain lover, have been in the Blockchain space for about 6 years and passionate about educating African women about the Blockchain technology.
Connect with Doris on LinkedIn, Twitter

Flora Sun, Director at Binance Labs

Prior to joining Binance Labs, Flora Sun was a software engineer in Silicon Valley. She has worked in the telecommunications research group (COMSAT Labs), enterprise software corporations (HP, Oracle, Remend, Bitfone) and several consumer Internet startups. Flora is passionate about using computer science to make a positive impact on people’s lives and has developed technologies that are used by millions. Flora holds SB and MEng degrees in EECS from MIT.
You can find flora on Twitter

Heaven Bereket, Founder bambino foundation, Sweden

Heaven Bereket is a Social Entrepreneur at heart, a female entrepreneur doing business with a purpose. Using an innovative model of funding her start-up through Crypto & Forex trading. With over 5 years of experience of trading, her biggest passion is providing support to local initiatives and working towards financial inclusion.
Follow her thoughts on the subject on Twitter, LinkedIn

Eman Herawy, Blockchain Developer, Egypt

Eman Herawy Is an Egyptian Blockchain developer and part of a Blockchain/AI team and currently working on different Blockchain including Ethereum, quorum, Ethereum swarm, hyper ledger fabric domains. Herawy is also mastered in cloud networks.
You can find Eman on the subject on Twitter, Linkedin
Happy International Women’s Day! A balanced world is a better world.
 
Do join us in celebrating International Women’s Day by using the comment section, spreading the word about the accomplishments of women in Blockchain and in other areas of life!!
 

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