Goodness Ihejiofor
Software Engineer, Project Manager, and Student in East Africa
Goodness Ihejiofor
Software Engineer, Project Manager, and Student in East Africa
I am a Social Entrepreneur and an Aspiring software engineer, an advocate for change, and a student at the African leadership University, currently living in East Africa. My interests range from technology to entrepreneurship. I am also interested in travel, innovation, and volunteering.
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Goodness Ihejiofor is from the Eastern part of Nigeria but was born and bred in the northern part of the country where she is lived and schooled. From 2018-2021 she enrolled in the University of Jos plateau state to become a veterinarian, studying Veterinary medicine at the University of Jos, Plateau state Nigeria.
She grew up with her mother and father as well as seven older siblings in a small neighborhood in the northern part of the country. While growing up she struggled each day to with societal needs which made her develop a strong interest in social impact and community development.
Goodness had to engage in different types of hand skills and jobs in other to gain employable skills and also further her education which brought about the passion to create social impact. She is the President of a charity organization called “Youth ‘n’ love” (kay), which helps and also encourages others that a world zero hunger is possible, while empowering youth in soft skills.
Goodness is studying at the AFRICAN LEADERSHIP UNIVERSITY IN RWANDA, where she has met like minded individuals who are passionate to create change in their communities.
She is actively involved in sustainable development as she is working along side a team of passionate individuals in Uganda who are on a mission to eradicate/eliminate malaria by producing organic repellent products in everyday household products like soaps. This social venture is called Uganics and they are working tirelessly to create a world of Zero-malaria.
Goodness has been privileged to participate in various impact challenges in New York, Chicago, Washington DC, Uganda, Rwanda and Kenya, and have also won several prizes in grants and entrepreneurial support for her team.
She hopes to become a full time Malaria Elimination Advocate in her home country and continue to create sustainable impacts everywhere she goes…