Potential may not always be packaged and polished

    Ngozi Ekugo | Careers & Mobility | Sep 25, 2025    
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When Ikenna, founder of Coded Studios, a Lagos-based tech startup, was hiring junior developers for a new mobile app project, he was inundated with applications boasting degrees from top universities and portfolios filled with cloned GitHub repositories. But one candidate, Ifeoma, caught his attention, not because of her résumé, but because of her story.

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