Good day everyone. Trust we are all doing great? I just prepared my documents for the exceptional promise endorsement (2020 -2024). I will appreciate suggestions and feedback from everyone. @Francisca_Chiedu @pahuja @hsafra @ellagna @reachusama @mahesh3110 @alexnk looking forward to your insights too 
CV
Personal Statement
LORs
1. Letter from the CEO of an international edtech company (over 12 years experience,
worked together for 2 years) - Company B.
2. Letter from the CEO of an international edtech company (Senior Product Manager at two
of my previous workplaces—approximately 10 years of experience, worked together for 2
years) - Company A and C.
3. Letter from the CEO of an African Logistics Company (10+ years of experience, worked
together for 2 years) - Company A
(all docusigned)
MC
QUESTIONS ANSWERED:
1. You have received nationally or internationally recognised prizes or awards for
excellence specifically in the digital technology sector (StackOverflow)
2. You led the growth of a non-profit organisation or social enterprise with a specific focus
on the digital technology sector (Google Developer Students’ Club)
3. You led the growth of a product-led digital technology company, product or team inside
a digital technology company (Company A)
4. You command a high salary or other remuneration for your services, as evidenced by
commercial or employment contracts with salary information including any bonus and
equity options and history of earning (Company B)
DOCUMENTS
- Stack Overflow ranking showing top 1% of contributors as of Q4 2024, decent reputation (350+), badges, 370k+ people reached. Showed screenshots of badges, answers, and contributions, and also recognition by the AWS community on Stack Overflow. Included a link to the ranking that shows my full name on StackOverflow.
- You led the growth of a non-profit organisation or social enterprise. Co-led the Google Developer Student Club (GDSC) for 2 years, organised events, and showed a Google-endorsed badge as a Core Team Member. Included a recruiter’s extensive chat for an internship in Bloomberg LP to help with the Bloomberg Terminal. Embedded in this document is a support letter from the ex-lead of the GDSC (now a Google Dev Expert and Cloud Innovator Champion).
- Technical Contribution at Company A. Led the development of the product and showed multiple screenshots of GitHub contributions, Google Playstore Link, and Google Partners directly requesting to see my code implementation for a custom-enhanced service I built through the company. These contributions were also mentioned in LOR #3 by the CEO. The product currently has 18k+ active users and secured a pre-seed of over ÂŁ500k.
- Remuneration proof (compared on Glassdoor) compared to my region. Showed payslip on accounting platform for 12 months, showed salary increase in less than a year, and email showing equity options on Carta.
OC2
QUESTIONS ANSWERED:
1. Evidence of contributions to an Open Source project
2. Evidence of mentorship must be for activity outside the applicant’s organisation or
normal course of work duties and excludes mentorship of other commercial
organisations as part of a commercial arrangement.
3. Talks or conference speaking
DOCUMENTS
- Open Source Contribution Since 2020, Highlighted a major project that was part of the GitHub Archive Program. Included screenshots and contributor graph to an open-source blockchain SDK project with ~7k downloads on npm where I had 11 overall commits. Showed 2 merged pull requests on the repository.
- Structured Mentorship on a major initiative showing selection (1 out of the 148 mentors in Africa) on cloud technologies partnered by Microsoft. Showed screenshots of the selection email (also downloaded the email and put it on a drive link), consistent email interactions with mentors, and Slack showing my mentorship channel on the program. Volunteer mentorship at a non-profit of 25k+ women across 20+ African countries.
- Guest speaker at a webinar (Well Recognised African NGO), showing images of speakers and Linkedin post (2020). Panellist at a University Fresh Student Welcome of 4k+ students on inspiring creativity and innovators in digital tech (2022), included invitation letter, meritorious service award certificate, picture of me speaking. Panellist at a Nigerian Digital Technology event with 250+ people in attendance showed screenshots of a letter of invitation (Mid 2024). Guest speaker at a community of 14k+ people on building with emerging technology (October 2024).
OC3
QUESTIONS ANSWERED:
1. Having worked as a key engineer in the core product of a start-up, showing evidence
as to how you have contributed to its success.
2. Having led in the development of high-impact digital products or services
DOCUMENTS
- Technical contributions at company B, Led a new department that was instrumental in getting a license that helped break into more international markets. Included GitHub contributions (pull requests merged) and a YouTube link to a company video mentioning my name and the role I played in breaking a new annual recurring revenue milestone. Included a support letter from the engineering lead of Company B.
- Technical engineering lead at company C, led the development of one of its core products, raised ÂŁ1m and impacted over 15k+ people with the products. LOR #2 mentions this too. Also included Employment Offer Letter and screenshots of PR review and code contributions.
- Support Letter from Engineering Lead at Company B (7+ years of experience)
