- Scope
- Product strategy, roadmap and delivery end to end, from discovery through launch and iteration.
- What I do
- Write user stories and acceptance criteria, run backlog refinement with engineering, and use analytics to decide what to build next. I also write the customer-facing docs and user guides.
- Focus
- Finding usability gaps and hard-to-navigate features from the user's side, and turning complex functionality into clear instructions.
Founder of Ẹdorẹ
Ogheneyoma Okobiah
Building the people side of tech.
Developer communities, ambassador programs and the products they rely on — from GitHub Education to open source across seven African countries.
6+years in community & DevRel
7African countries, one open source community
$300k+in partnerships secured
1stclass Computer Engineering
About
Who I am
An engineer by training who builds the people side of technology.
I studied Computer Engineering and graduated with a First, then found my work where software meets the people who build with it. For more than six years I've grown developer communities, launched advocacy programs from scratch and turned engaged users into champions.
I've run the GitHub Campus Experts program, led developer and growth strategy for a blockchain infrastructure platform, and helped scale Open Source Community Africa across seven countries. Today I'm building Ẹdorẹ, an event platform I founded, and own its product from discovery through launch.
Selected work
Case studies
Cudo Ventures · 2025
CUDOS Rangers: an ambassador program built from zero
- Challenge
- Turn the most engaged users of a blockchain infrastructure platform into advocates.
- What I did
- Designed and launched the program. I also wrote the technical docs and onboarding resources, and was the first point of contact for developer questions.
GitHub · 2021 – 2023
Raising the bar for GitHub Campus Experts
- Challenge
- Keep a global student leadership program high quality and aligned with its goals.
- What I did
- Reviewed applications and supported experts. I gathered student feedback, worked with stakeholders on students' needs and hosted an AMA, which improved the quality of applications.
GitHub Education · 2021 – 2023
A student experience manual for Octernships
- Challenge
- Give students a clear route into paid open source work.
- What I did
- Developed and designed the student experience manual for GitHub Education's Octernships program, including its success metrics.
GitHub · 2021 – 2023
Fairer payouts with Open Collective
- Challenge
- The way money reached users was a structural barrier for people in some regions.
- What I did
- Redesigned the financial operating process on Open Collective so it worked fairly for users across regions.
Open Source Community Africa · 2019 – present
Scaling open source across seven African countries
- Challenge
- Grow a volunteer-run community sustainably and fund it.
- What I did
- Wrote the governance docs and operating frameworks that keep the community consistent. I built partnerships that secured more than $300,000 from organisations including Google, Meta and Microsoft.
Experience
Where I've worked
- Aug 2025 – present Ẹdorẹ Founder Product strategy, roadmap and delivery for an event management platform.
- Apr – Aug 2025 Cudo Ventures DevRel & Growth Manager Developer and growth strategy for a blockchain infrastructure platform.
- Dec 2021 – Jun 2023 GitHub Product & Community Manager GitHub Campus Experts and GitHub Education Octernships.
- Feb 2019 – present Open Source Community Africa Partnerships & Operations Lead Partnerships and operations for a tech community in seven countries.
- Education Nile University B.Eng. Computer Engineering, First Class
Skills
What I work with
Technical
Product & delivery
Community tools
Contact
Let's talk.
Building a developer community, or a product for one? I'd love to hear about it.