Tips for Being a Black Women in Tech

Being a young black college student or a young woman that is already out in the field you may be wondering what kind of tips there are out there for you to feed off on. There are a few ways on how Black Women could become successful in the Technology industry. I came upon this YouTube video where three successful entrepreneurial women in the Technology industry gave tips and advance for Black Women. These three Black women are Dana James Mwangi, Kristen Ransom, and Sheena Allen. Dana James Mwangi is the founder of Cheers Creative. Sheena Allen is the founder & CEO of CapWay and Sheena Allen Apps. Kirsten Ransom is the CEO if IncluDe Web Design and Development Agency. Since the industry is predominantly ran by males and whites, they tend to navigate their sleeve in many ways, each of them gives a just of what they must do or what you need to know to get more experience.

A couple of tips that are mention in the video are, there are a million ways to learn about tech: you do not technically need a degree, founding for an app is very hard as a black woman, you have to make sure people will come back to your app, you should find a mentor, not one that is mainly in tech but someone who is doing a good job in whatever career they are in, and no not ask for permission. They were many more mentions in the video if you are already in the field do you have any tips that you can add, and what are your thoughts on the video? I believe these women gave great tips based on Tech and for beginners.

Here is their main page you can get newsletters or more advice from these women:

  • Dana James Mwangi– https://danajamesmwangi.com/
  • Kirsten Ransom– https://www.kristenransom.com/
  • Shenna Allen– https://www.sheenaallen.co/