My Journey From School Labs to Celebrated Tech Trainer ✨
Growing up in Lagos, I attended Meu Victory Comprehensive College, Ona-ara Street, Idimu — a school that actually had computers 🖥️ in the lab, back when most Nigerian schools were teaching computer studies on the blackboard 🧑🏽🏫.
In the early 2000s, I got my first email on Yahoo (yeah, before Gmail was even popular) and spent hours on Yahoo Messenger 💬 chatting with friends using slang like “asl” — age, sex, location. Simple times but those little things got me hooked on tech.
From Arts to Tech Hustle 🎨
I was more into arts back then, and Literature was my favorite subject. But everything changed in SS2 when I got my first laptop — a Toshiba with just 512MB RAM. The internet was slow and expensive through a Visafone landline modem, but I used that setup to do some graphics work and mess around with basic HTML and CSS. That was the start of my tech hustle.
Leveling Up: Photoshop and Web Dev 🖌️
Fast forward to 2010, while studying at Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Owerri, I upgraded the RAM of my now 8-year-old laptop and learned Photoshop from a photographer called Award Photos. Editing pictures for my websites gave me mad skills and confidence.
During one holiday in Lagos, a friend introduced me to a private instructor who ran tutorials around Egbeda. That’s where I really boosted my web dev skills and fell even deeper in love with tech.
Teaching Journey: From Literature to ICT💡
I started teaching Literature at DHFIS, Lagos, but soon switched to ICT. I introduced ICT as a subject and made sure to include practical lessons. My students loved it, probably because I was good at explaining stuff thanks to my Communication studies.
Later, I went back to school for another degree in software development 👨🏽🎓 to up my game.
Today: Building, Training, and Leading 🚀
Nowadays, I’m the brain behind Pepe Programming Hub; in the past, I did Firstac Academy and AfroDiscourse. I host coding competitions and build/manage websites and IT systems — but training remains my true passion.
I use my projects — big and small — mostly to train and inspire learners from all over. Watching others grow in tech through my training is what keeps me going.
Scaling Up: Training, Impact, and Big Dreams 📈
Today, I’m proud to be a success in the tech-ed business, training over a hundred learners both online and face-to-face. Looking ahead, I’m excited about the opportunity to collaborate with big personalities and brands like Brendan Eich, Google, Microsoft, and MIT 🤝 to make an even greater impact.
What I Want My Learners to Know 👶🏽
Teachers might not always show you the path to crazy success, but they teach you how not to fail. They give you the foundation to stand on.
Keep grinding ⚒️. Keep building 🏗️. Remember where you started 🛤️.
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