Evidence Review for Exceptional Promise

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Hello here. I am applying as a Business Applicant (Product Manager). In regard to the evidences that are required to be submitted to tech nation (Global Promise), below are the documents I am looking to tender:

MANDATORY CRITERIA:

  1. Proof of earnings, employment contract and promotion letter: Showing a trend from a 100% difference between my initial pay to the average Nigerian pay for the role to a 200% increase in the space of 8 months.

  2. An Op-Ed by me, a news clipping of an interview by the Business Day newspaper discussing about one of the Social Development Goals that I work on, a news clipping by Punch mentioning the innovative product that was launched by the company (the news clipping does not mention my name, but it is about a product that I was part of the team that lead).

  3. Different Hackathons where I participated, anchored, and mentored.

  4. Public Speaking at a tech event: Reference letter by the organiser.

OPTIONAL CRITERIA 2: How do I demonstrate that I have been recognized for my work outside of my immediate occupation that contributed to the advancement of the sector?

  1. Mentor for tech start ups at a tech hub in Lagos - Reference letter by the Hub Community Manager

  2. Teaching/Mentoring Volunteer for students, NGOs, and tech communities

  3. Other publications and some from MC

OPTIONAL CRITERIA 3: How do I demonstrate that I have made significant technical, commercial, or entrepreneurial contributions to the field as a founder, senior executive, board member, or employee of a product-led digital technology company?

  1. Reference letter about a significant project at work and its impact by the CEO of the company

  2. A case study of one the projects

  3. Proof of pay from another company.

Looking forward to hearing from the house.

@Francisca_Chiedu I would love to hear what your thoughts are.

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What do you mean by you participated, anchored, and mentored in different role Hackathon?

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Three different hackathons over the years.

I participated in the first one being part of a team.

The second one I anchored the hackathon as a moderator (it was a national hackathon)

And third one, I was a mentor for one of the teams that was competing in the hackathon.

The approach is to talk about all three in a document.

Thank you.

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What’s the profile of your recommenders?

  1. How does the op-ed taking about the SDG demonstrate that you are a leader? How does it relate to tech.
  2. For the speaking event, is it a sector leading event? Aside reference letters from organiser, do you have pictures, poster or other publicly verifiable evidence showing you spoke at the event?
  3. Hackathon participation, did you win or just participated. What evidence are you showing and how does it show you are a recognised leader.
    OC2- what do you mean by teaching or mentoring NGO, students and tech communities? Are these related events?
    What do you mean by case study from a project

Generally, I think your evidence may be similar to what is listed in the tech nation guide but they don’t demonstrate how you meet the criteria.

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CEO of my Current Company
CEO of my previous company
CEO of a tech company I worked with. All in the tech space.

  1. The Op_Ed is a coding for grassroots initiative which I started and it talks about the goal of getting more people into tech in Nigeria at a young age.

  2. Yes, it was a tech event, I have posters and pictures but they are not publicly available anymore. The organization was dissolved.

  3. I won the hackathon. Showing pictures of awards, links to the events. In OC2 the mentoring and the teaching are to show my outside contributions and they are all tech related. At tech hubs and also events.

The case study is to show significant contribution at work, from identifying the problem to building the solution, and also the impact that the solution has had.

So far, you’re saying I have evidences that are in the guide, you’re just not yet seeing how it demonstrates that I meet the criteria?

Thank you.

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@Francisca_Chiedu thank you for your help so far. Based on our previous conversation, for full context and explaining how I meet the criteria, I have gathered the following existences:

Recommendation letters are currently from
CEO of my current company
CEO of a software company in Nigeria
Professor of Computer Science and Dean of College in my alma matter (I am looking at changing this)

MANDATORY CRITERIA:

  1. Proof of earnings, employment contract and promotion letter: working for a UK company but I am comparing with Nigeria salary as I am being paid as based in Nigeria.

  2. You led the growth of a product-led digital technology company, product or team inside a digital technology company, as evidenced by reference letter(s) from leading industry expert(s) describing your work

I have a reference letter from the CEO of one of the companies I worked, describing my work.

  1. I created a document with pictures and a walk through on how I’ve gone from being an hackathon participant to moderating and mentoring in a national hackathon. Also touching on the UK being able to help me expand on this in helping the African ecosystem.

4.You have held or hold a significant expert role participating on panels

I have a letter of appreciation from a tech forum talking about my impact as one of their tech panelist.

OPTIONAL CRITERIA 2: How do I demonstrate that I have been recognized for my work outside of my immediate occupation that contributed to the advancement of the sector?

    • Reference letter by COO of a tech hub talking about my mentorship for tech startups that are part of their incubation programs.

  2. I have a created a document discussing about the different tech hubs that I mentor, and also being a mentor/trainer with study groups, with emails screenshots confirming this. I also mentioned the coding for grassroots initiatives that I run for community schools.

  3. An Op-Ed written in 2019 on tekedia

OPTIONAL CRITERIA 3: How do I demonstrate that I have made significant technical, commercial, or entrepreneurial contributions to the field as a founder, senior executive, board member, or employee of a product-led digital technology company?

  1. Reference letter about a significant project at work and its impact by the CEO of the company

  2. A use case of a product that was built and the increase in leads generated etc

  3. Proof of pay from another company.

I am looking forward to your response. Thank you so much.

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I really have nothing to add, these days it is not enough to have evidence, just ensure you have explanatory note to demonstrate how your evidence show you are a leader at the forefront of your field, how your work has advanced the sector and clearly articulate your impact. All the best.

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