From Poverty to Starting a Technology Training Company in the USA: The Story of Geoffrey Ouma
Geoffrey Ouma, the CEO and founder of Sevenett LLC, a technology training company in Washington State, USA, has a remarkable story of resilience and determination.
Ouma grew up in abject poverty in Homa Bay County. However, he persevered in his pursuit of knowledge and was resolute in his mission to improve his family's situation. Misfortune befell him as he tragically lost his parents, leaving him and his three siblings orphaned. They leaned on the support of relatives but as time passed, this aid gradually dwindled. Ouma was forced to cut his education short to support his family, leading him to forego attending school in the sixth grade and instead turn to fishing for income. According to Ouma, his responsibility to provide for himself and his siblings necessitated the search for available jobs.
Ouma's grandmother was deeply impressed by his unwavering resolve, so she generously funded his computer programming studies at the Technical University of Kenya. Fueled by his insatiable thirst for knowledge, he continued his educational journey by pursuing a degree in Business Information Technology. Later, in 2015, he took a step further and enrolled in a Ph.D. program in Information Systems. Fast forward to 2021, Ouma ventured into the realm of data analytics and founded Sevenett LLC, his very own technology company.
This company specializes in offering coding classes tailored for children and teenagers, equipping them with the essential skills needed for future careers in the field of technology. Ouma describes Sevenett LLC's training as dynamic, captivating, and hands-on, with a clear focus on practicality in real-life situations. The company offers a range of programs, such as immersive five-month Data Analysis Boot Camps and advanced three-month Data Science courses. These courses are delivered through virtual classrooms, led by industry professionals and assisted by Video Conferencing Technology.
Comments (7)
It is time Africa stopped with poverty tales...each nation has it's own.
Poverty porn! The western world eats that stuff up. If you could only have pictures of an African child with flies near his mouth, there'd be money minted. Unfortunately, we've apparently bought into this crap.
Very true @seneca! The poverty narrative is very sickening. It affects someone’s state of mind in the most negative way possible! The West surely capitalizes on that ignorance to the penny!
Some day, the Luo nation will rule the world.
I do not know how @mwangi can be trained to start thinking in terms of Kenyans instead of tribes! We will never get ahead as long as we keep on expanding on the divisive colonial mentality propaganda about tribes in Kenya and Africa. That tribal narrative must change for Kenya to grow!
Tribal stuff is sickening. The media perpetuates it like robots. It's enough to write the name of the person and not his bloodline tribe. It doesn't add any value and it isn't pertinent to the conversation. Thinking tribally is backwardness disease that won't let Africa move forward fast
No sense here. Anyone can start that training center.