Ivy Barley

Ivy Barley is a Ghanaian entrepreneur, women in tech advocate, and the co-founder of Developers in Vogue. In January 2022, GhanaWeb featured Barley as one of the 3 Ghanaian ‘Women in Tech’ making strides on the international corporate scene. In 2017 and 2019, Barley was listed as one of the Top 50 Most Influential Young Ghanaians by Avance Media.

Early life and education Barley was born in Accra, Ghana, where she spent most of her childhood. She had her secondary education at Aburi Girls Senior High School, after which she pursued a bachelor's degree in Actuarial Science and a master's degree (MPhil.) in Mathematical Statistics at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.

Social entrepreneur Barley is the co-founder of Developers in Vogue, an organization that provides training, mentorship, and job placement for African women in tech. The impact of Developers in Vogue has been recognized at the IFC Sustainability Exchange: Invest for Tomorrow, the Women20 Summit in Berlin, Germany that had Chancellor Angela Merkel in attendance and the ITU International Girls in ICT Day.

Ivy's impact at Developers in Vogue has also been featured in various media platforms and books including the Women in Tech book by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development to encourage more women and girls to be involved in STEM and the Founding Women book to highlight African women who are defying the odds to build successful businesses in tech.

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