CONTRIBUTING TO COMMUNITY

I actively volunteer in tech communities in my locality. I am a Google Developer Expert (GDE) in Cloud AI & Dart-Flutter. At Google Developer Groups (GDG) Abakaliki, I assist in event organization, mentor beginner members and help them in their tech journey.

At my school: Alex Ekwueme Federal University (AE-FUNAI), I had served as the pioneer Google Developer Student Clubs (GDSC, 2020/21) lead. I was also the pioneer Genesys Campus Club Ambassador (same year) and a Microsoft Learn Student Ambassador (MLSA, much later) . While holding these positions, I organized events for my local student community.

I also speak at tech events. I've spoken on Flutter on several occasions. Sometimes, I'm a panelist. I also was once a Trainer on the Google Digital Skills for Africa program. Across these sessions, I have acquired great public speaking experience and have addressed multiple audiences.

In recent years the work has landed at the #BuildwithAI workshop series across Nigerian cities and on the 2024 and 2025 DevFest circuit (Nsukka, Abuja, Owerri, Kaduna, Onitsha, and beyond), alongside keynotes for Women Techmakers and university outreach sessions on AI, ethics, and career.

Following are community engagements that I kept track of.

Talks, workshops and events

Obum & Audience at Event
AIGoogle Cloud

October 2026•Ajah, Lagos, Nigeria

Create your AI with RAG in Google Cloud.

@ #DevFest Ajah 2026. Explained how to #BuildwithAI using RAG and Google Cloud to ground LLMs with private knowledge bases.

Obum & Audience at Event
AIEducation

September 2026•AEFUTHA, Abakaliki, Nigeria

AI for Productivity

Session for FECAMDS AEFUTHA students sharing Gemini AI Pro for students and using AI for transcriptions, summaries, and studies.

Google Meet Screenshot of Audience
Flutter

September 2026•Online

Preparing, Publishing, & Distributing Flutter Apps (French).

Virtual session in French for the #FlutterFire Summer Camp of the Francophone Africa Developer Community, on preparing, publishing and distributing Flutter apps to Google Play and the App Store.

Flyer of Obum for the Event
AICareer

August 2026•Online

Building a Career in the AI Era.

Virtual Session for the GDG on Campus University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Discussed the impact of AI on software engineering careers and how to prepare for the future of work.

Obum at Event with Audience
AIDeveloper Tools

July 2026•Abakaliki, Nigeria

AI for Builders: Fast, Smart & Efficient.

@ Spella Hub, Abakaliki. Discussed options for building businesses and developing software with the excess available Google AI tools.

Obum at Event
AIDeveloper Tools

June 2026•Abakaliki, Nigeria

AI for Developers: Building Faster, Smarter & More Efficiently.

@ Zecoms Digital Space, Abakaliki. We explored AI conversations for beginners breaking into software engineering.

Obum at Event
AIGoogle Cloud

May 2026•Bauchi, Nigeria

Deploy your AI with Agent Studio in Google Cloud

@ #BuildwithAI Bauchi. We explored the new Agent Studio in Google Cloud and deployed an AI Chatbot with Cloud Run.

Workshop Session
AIGoogle Cloud

April 2026•Abakaliki, Nigeria

Create your AI with RAG in Google Cloud

@ #BuildwithAI Abakaliki. We explored grounding techniques in AI applications.

Workshop Session
AIGoogle Cloud

April 2026•Ibadan, Nigeria

Deploy AIs from Vertex AI Studio

@ #BuildwithAI Ibadan. Explored prompt engineering, system instructions, and deployed AI apps using Vertex AI and Cloud Run.

Event Session
CareerLeadership

March 2026•Abakaliki, Nigeria

Soft Skills for Career Development

Spoke at an International Women's Day Abakaliki event on communication, leadership, teamwork, emotional intelligence, and self-management.

Workshop Session
AIKotlin

March 2026•Abakaliki, Nigeria

Building Your First AI Agent with Kotlin

Hands-on session in Abakaliki on building an AI agent in Kotlin, covering planning, reasoning, and tool usage with LLMs.

Speaking Event
AIEducation

March 2026•AE-FUNAI, Ebonyi State

Technology, AI, & Education

Delivered a session in AE-FUNAI inspiring students to #BuildwithAI with Google tools and improve their learning approach.

Event Slide
AICareer

December 2025•Enugu, Nigeria

Ethics and AI For Talents

Spoke at DevFest Enugu 2025 on responsible AI and ethical considerations for developers.

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FlutterFirebaseAI

December 2025•Nsukka, Nigeria

DevFest Nsukka 2025

Anchored an interactive session on "Firebase, Flutter, and Gemini" to the student community with a Codelab on building a crossword puzzle.

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Google CloudData

November 2025•Abuja, Nigeria

DevFest Abuja 2025

Spoke on "Leveraging BigQuery for Business Data in Google Cloud" to a wide tech-savvy audience.

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FlutterWeb3

November 2025•Owerri, Nigeria

DevFest Owerri 2025

Anchored a workshop session on "Building with Web3 in Flutter", exploring Authentication and Smart Contract backends.

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AIGoogle Cloud

October 2025•Kaduna, Nigeria

DevFest Kaduna 2025

Anchored a workshop on "Create your AI with RAG in Google Cloud", explaining and showcasing grounding.

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FlutterUI Design

October 2025•Onitsha, Nigeria

DevFest Onitsha 2025

Anchored a Workshop on "Flutter UIs: Adaptive, Responsive, and Pixel-Perfect." stressing on how and why we should build good UIs.

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AIFirebase

September 2025•Abakaliki, Nigeria

#BuildwithAI Spella Hub Abakaliki 2025

Trained the Developer Students of Spella Hub on using Gemini, Firebase Studio, and other AI tools to improve their development flow.

Event Photo
AIGoogle Cloud

June 2025•Port Harcourt, Nigeria

#BuildwithAI Port Harcourt 2025

Anchored a Workshop session on "Build Multi-Agent Gen AI Systems with Google Cloud." using a codelab.

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AI

May 2025•Ogbomoso, Nigeria

#BuildwithAI Ogbomoso 2025

Trained the audience on generating audio with multimodal Gemini using a Colab notebook.

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AIFirebase

May 2025•Onitsha, Nigeria

#BuildwithAI Onitsha 2025

Training session where participants explored Firebase Studio, then took the Intro to Vertex AI lab on Google Skills.

Obum Assisting
AIFirebase

May 2025•Abakaliki, Nigeria

#BuildwithAI Abakaliki 2025

Training session where participants explored Firebase Studio, then used Google Colab for an intro to Gemini 2.0 Flash.

Obum on Stage
AI

March 2025•Calabar, Nigeria

#BuildwithAI Calabar 2025

Training session on several Google Colab notebooks, starting with an intro to Gemini 2.0 Flash.

First Slide
AIMobile UX

December 2024•Online

DevFest Guinée 2024

Spoke in French about the ways AI improves user experience in mobile apps.

Recording Screenshot
Azure

December 2024•Online

Learn About Azure Serverless Functions

Explained when and how to set up serverless compute with Azure Functions.

Obum and SauceCode on Stage
Community

December 2024•Enugu, Nigeria

DevFest Enugu 2024

Gave the community opening note on culture and technology.

First Slide
Flutter

December 2024•Calabar, Nigeria

DevFest Calabar 2024

Spoke on "Expert Tips for Flutter UI Performance".

Obum on Stage
AI

November 2024•Ogbomoso, Nigeria

DevFest Ogbomoso 2024

Spoke on "How to use Google AI for A/B Testing".

Obum on Stage
AIMobile UX

November 2024•Kaduna, Nigeria

DevFest Kaduna 2024

Spoke on "How AI Improves User Experience on Mobile".

Obum on Stage
FlutterAndroid

November 2024•Lagos, Nigeria

DevFest Lagos 2024

Ran a workshop on "How to Build Android Bubbles in Flutter" using the conversation_bubbles plugin.

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FlutterDart

November 2024•Lagos, Nigeria

GDEs Panel - DevFest Lagos 2024

Joined the panel of Dart & Flutter GDEs on Day 1 of DevFest Lagos 2024 to discuss Flutter.

First Slide
Flutter

September 2024•Abakaliki, Nigeria

DevFest Abakaliki 2024

Spoke on "Expert Tips for Flutter UI Performance".

Attending Community
FlutterWeb3

November 2024

FlutterBytes Conference 2024

Spoke on "Bringing Blockchain & Web3 into Flutter".

Photo of Stage
FlutterDart

November 2024

GDEs Panel - FlutterBytesConf

Joined the panel of Dart & Flutter GDEs on Day 1 of FlutterBytesConf, answering Flutter questions.

First Slide
AIMobile UX

September 2024•Online

DevFest Afrique Francophone 2024

Spoke in French about the ways AI improves user experience in mobile apps.

Obum speaking on stage
DartFlutter

July 2024•Asaba, Nigeria

Google I/O Extended Asaba 2024

Spoke on the Dart & Flutter updates from Google I/O 2024, under the title "Dart Macros & A Better Flutter".

Panelists for "Mobile & AI"
AI

July 2024•Enugu, Nigeria

Google I/O Extended Enugu 2024

Spoke on the panel "The Future of Mobile Development with AI-Embedded Chipsets" with other experienced software engineers.

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GitHub

June 2024•Online

Build your Portfolio with GitHub Codespaces

Showed how GitHub Codespaces lets you code in the cloud while building and deploying a portfolio website from a template.

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AIFlutter

April 2024•Abakaliki, Nigeria

#BuildwithAI Abakaliki 2024

Carried out a workshop on "Adding AI to your Flutter Apps using Google AI Dart SDK".

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Flutter

December 2023•Asaba, Nigeria

DevFest Asaba 2023

Spoke on "Using Streams and Services for Flutter State".

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Flutter

November 2023•Enugu, Nigeria

DevFest Enugu 2023

Spoke on "How Flutter CustomPaint resembles SVG Image Spec".

Speaker Flyer
Flutter

November 2023•Online

DevFest Luwero 2023

Spoke on "How to Customize Flutter Packages".

Event Flyer
Community

September 2023•AE-FUNAI, Ebonyi State

GDSC AE-FUNAI Info Session 2023

Spoke at the GDSC AE-FUNAI 2023 info session for new and returning members.

Event Flyer
FlutterFirebaseGoogle Cloud

September 2023•Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka

GDSC NAU Info Session 2023

Introduced Flutter, Firebase, and Google Cloud to new GDSC NAU members.

Speaker Flyer
Flutter

August 2023•Owerri, Nigeria

Google I/O Extended Owerri 2023

Spoke on "Understanding UI Rendering: How Flutter is platform-agnostic".

Speaker Flyer
Flutter

August 2023•Enugu, Nigeria

Google I/O Extended Enugu 2023

Spoke on "How to improve Flutter forms", focused on user experience in mobile apps.

Speaker Flyer
FlutterWeb Development

July 2023•Onitsha, Nigeria

Google I/O Extended Onitsha 2023

Spoke on "Flutter for Web Developers", comparing concepts across both worlds.

Speaker Flyer
Flutter

July 2023•Abakaliki, Nigeria

Google I/O Extended Abakaliki 2023

Spoke on "Admob in Flutter" and ran the Flutter AdMob codelab with the audience.

Speaker Flyer
Google Cloud

June 2023•AE-FUNAI, Ebonyi State

Google I/O Extended AE-FUNAI 2023

Introduced cloud computing fundamentals with Google Cloud.

Speaker Flyer
Flutter

April 2023•Enugu, Nigeria

Flutter Forward Enugu 2023

Spoke on "How to animate in Flutter" and helped check in participants.

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Flutter

March 2023•Abakaliki, Nigeria

Flutter Forward Abakaliki 2023

Spoke on "Securing Flutter Apps" at Flutter Forward Extended Abakaliki.

Speaker Flyer
Flutter

November 2022•Yaoundé, Cameroon

DevFest Yaounde 2022

Facilitated the Flutter track at DevFest Yaoundé 2022.

Event Flyer
Flutter

June 2022

Why you should use Flutter

Explained the benefits of using Flutter for our projects.

Speaker Flyer
Flutter

May 2022•Enugu, Nigeria

FlutterFest Enugu 2022

Spoke on "How to Implement any Screen/UI in Flutter".

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Technical Writing

April 2022

Understanding Technical Writing

Community workshop introducing technical writing, with freeCodeCamp contributor Ihechikara.

About the speaker
Career

March 2022

Careers In Tech

Career guidance session with Onyebuchi Nwafor from VeendHQ on different tech career paths.

Genesys community session
Community

March 2022

Info Session

Ezra from Genesys spoke to attendees about tech communities and about Genesys.

Event Flyer
GitHub

February 2022•Online

Your GitHub Profile's README

Explained why and how to make your GitHub profile and repository READMEs stand out.

Screenshot of Building Todo App
Flutter

November 2021

Introduction to Flutter (Todo App)

Taught Flutter by building a simple Todo app live on screen.

Event Flyer
GitHub

August 2021•Online

Collaborating with GitHub

A practical introduction to working together on GitHub.

Event Flyer
Flutter

August 2021•Online

Flutter Study Jam

Taught Flutter through the "Names Generator" codelab for GDSC Kabale students.

Event Flyer
Community

May 2021

Google I/O 2021

Spoke on "You should be in a community" at the GDSC meetups for Google I/O 2021.

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Web DevelopmentUI Design

May 2021

2021 DES & DEV Bootcamp

6-week bootcamp combining intensive technical learning with community-focused initiatives across UI/UX Design and Web Development tracks.

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Community

February 2021

2021 Solution Challenge

Meetups and workshops we held to prepare the community for the GDSC Solution Challenge.

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GitHub

November 2020•Online

Git and GitHub

Joint GDSC event on Git and GitHub with speaker Auwal MS.

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Career

October 2020

Learning Opportunities

Speaker session by Emeka Odibeli, encouraging community members to keep learning.

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Firebase

September 2020•Online

Firebase Series

Six-week virtual workshop series where we taught Firebase.

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Community

September 2020

Onboarding GDSC

The inaugural Google Developer Student Club info session at AE-FUNAI introducing the club mission and learning resources.