Tech Trivia with Deborah Osagie, DevOps Engineer at Stanbic IBTC

In 2026, being a woman in tech doesn’t necessarily mean working with a startup, a big fintech or building the next big app. Sometimes, it looks like quietly powering the digital backbone of a financial institution, ensuring systems run smoothly and efficiently behind the scenes. 

Today’s Tech Trivia is about Deborah Osagie, a Cloud DevOps Engineer at Stanbic IBTC Holdings, who is proving that innovation doesn’t only live in tech companies. 

Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC is a Nigeria-based financial services group and a member of the Standard Bank Group, providing financial solutions through subsidiaries in banking, pension management, asset management and insurance.

Deborah has a strong foundation in cloud technologies, backed by 3 years of hands-on experience. She is a proud 2025 AWS All Builders Welcome Grant Recipient, which landed her a fully funded trip to the annual AWS Summit in Las Vegas, Nevada. 

This recognition reflects her dedication to innovation, inclusion, and sustainable impact within the tech ecosystem.

She serves as the Technology Integration Officer at U-Recycle Initiative Africa, where she supports climate education, recycling advocacy, and the use of technology to drive environmental sustainability across communities.

As a strong advocate for sustainability, Deborah believes in the mantra: “Nothing should go to waste.” She promotes sustainability as a global value that should guide individuals, organisations, and nations.

Beyond technology, Deborah is a creative – a singer, songwriter, and aspiring pianist, working toward reaching an intermediate level in piano by 2026.

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Deborah Osagie

1. Summarise your mornings in one sentence

My mornings are simple. When I wake up, I would have my morning devotion, do a light workout and get ready for work. Usually, I leave home quite early and get to work as early as 7:00 am.

2. Describe your gadget setup

My gadget setup includes my work laptop, my personal laptop, and an external monitor. I’m very intentional about how I work, so this structure helps me maintain clear boundaries while maximising productivity through better visibility and task flow.

3. What tech tools/ applications do you use the most for work?

In my current role, I work extensively with containerization technologies such as OpenShift, relational database systems including Oracle SQL and MS SQL Server, and Azure DevOps for build and release pipelines.

I also interact with AWS cloud services and networking configurations as part of end-to-end deployment and infrastructure operations.

4. What do you do when you need inspiration?

When I need inspiration, I pray first, and then I look to those who have achieved the level of impact I aspire to. I learn from their journeys, their growth, their challenges, and most especially the habits and actions they took that shaped their success.

5. What mobile application can you not do without daily?

I cannot do without my Notes App!

6. What tech solution do you wish someone had created?

A tech solution I wish someone had created is a gamified life-skills learning platform for toddlers and young children that teaches financial literacy, public speaking, confidence, and critical thinking in one integrated system.

Traditional schools focus heavily on academics, but soft skills like communication, money management, and decision-making are rarely taught early.

I wish there were an interactive, story-based digital world where children could earn, save, present ideas, solve problems, and build confidence in age-appropriate ways, all while parents track their growth.

Deborah Osagie

7. If you have unlimited time and money, what problem would you solve?

If I had unlimited time and resources, I would solve the problem of waste and environmental pollution across Africa by building large-scale recycling infrastructure, smart waste management systems, and technology platforms that transform waste into valuable industrial materials. 

My goal would be to convert waste streams into economic assets, thereby creating jobs, empowering communities, and restoring the environment simultaneously. Here,  I would accelerate a continent-wide circular economy where nothing goes to waste.

8. Which woman in tech inspires you the most?

I’m greatly inspired by Chisom Nwokwu. As a young professional in tech, she has achieved remarkable milestones, and her journey constantly reminds me that age is not a limitation; it’s an advantage, especially when paired with vision and discipline.

9. Which profound statement inspires you the most?

“You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems,” by James Clear, author of Atomic Habits. 

This quote is from one of my favourite books, and it reminds me that success is not determined by ambition alone, but by the structure behind it. Goals are important and help give clarity and direction. But systems are what drive progress and daily action. 

Clearly, it states that the habits that are built are what would truly support progress.

Titilope Olotu, the creator of PADI

10. Whose women in tech trivia would you love to read?

I’d love to read the trivia of Titilope Olotu, the creator of PADI.

Her journey is inspiring.

From noticing the stigma around menstrual health to building a real solution around it. I’d love to understand how she first identified the problem, how she confirmed it was something people truly needed help with, and what gave her the courage to move from simply talking about it to creating actual products.

I’m also curious about how she handled funding, partnerships, and growth at such a young age. More than anything, I’d love to learn how she thinks, how she approaches innovation, impact, and sustainability, and how she turns ideas into meaningful change.

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