The Grace Hopper Effect: A conference set this U.S immigrant on a quest to close the gender gap in African tech

In September 2017, Gabriella Uwadiegwu stepped into the Orange County Convention Centre in Orlando, Florida, and saw the future. The hall, packed with 25,000 women attending that year’s Grace Hopper Celebration, pulsed with life. The Grace Hopper Celebration, launched in June 1994, is one of the world’s largest gatherings of women technologists. 

The air buzzed with possibility: Melinda…