{"id":131973,"date":"2021-09-08T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2910524"},"modified":"2021-09-08T16:30:00","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T16:30:00","slug":"favour-ori-ceo-his-passion-to-help-africans-code-and-connect-them-to-opportunities-in-the-tech-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2021\/09\/08\/favour-ori-ceo-his-passion-to-help-africans-code-and-connect-them-to-opportunities-in-the-tech-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Favour Ori CEO: His Passion to Help Africans Code and Connect Them to Opportunities in the Tech Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Favour Ori CEO shares his passion for empowering fellow Africans to code and scale the heights of success in software engineering.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>At 19,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2021\/08\/05\/favour-ori-ceo-explains-the-benefits-of-hiring-pre-vetted-talent-for-your-company\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Favour Ori CEO<\/a> relocated\u00a0to the U.S. from Nigeria\u00a0to pursue his dream career: computer and information sciences at\u00a0Southern Arkansas University. Now he defines himself as a: software engineer keen on building and shipping innovative products geared toward simplifying, automating, and improving life.<\/p>\n<p>Favour Ori CEO gained a lot of exposure and experience in software development\u00a0by working with well-known organizations.<\/p>\n<p>The beginning of good things: FavCode54&#8217;s birth<\/p>\n<p>As an individual keen on helping fellow Africans get exposure to vast opportunities in technology, Favour\u00a0Ori CEO launched\u00a0FavCode54 in 2018. The app attracted a tech giant that injected $90M to allow FavCoders to get the necessary coding lessons.<\/p>\n<p>Favour Ori CEO has one crucial mission: training and teaching his fellow Africans to know how to code. With his wide network in technology, he also connects his students to vast opportunities. His flagship organization, FavCode54, is mentoring a new crop of African software engineers.<\/p>\n<p>FavCode54 offers top-notch lessons. Favour Ori CEO offers pre-recorded coding lessons through his organization, including top-quality learning materials and resources. The user-friendly online portal makes it easy for students to grasp the lessons.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@favour_ori\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Favour Ori CEO&#8217;s<\/a> online\u00a0portal doesn&#8217;t need students to have advanced coding skills. Students without undergraduate degrees or a programming background can also start software engineering lessons.\u00a0FavCode54 pairs the students with expert mentors and software trainers from reputable institutions like Ivy League schools and the best tech companies.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0Favour Ori, CEO, his online portal has trained and mentored over 10,000 students since 2018, enabling them to find jobs at foreign startups. Some graduates went on to launch their tech businesses. Despite all these success stories,\u00a0Favour Ori CEO has not stopped training more students interested in breaking the ceiling in software development.<\/p>\n<p>Favour Ori CEO launches and sells two applications.<\/p>\n<p>Two years after the successful launch of FavCode54, Favour Ori CEO started other handy apps:\u00a0College Situation and Tugure. The former software helps students in African schools to get real-time info on fellowship programs and scholarship opportunities. These programs may exist in countries like the United Kingdom, Canada, the U.S., and other nations outside Africa.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.accesswire.com\/653360\/Favour-Ori-Bridging-the-Gap-Between-Talent-and-Opportunity-in-Africa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Favour Ori CEO<\/a> developed\u00a0Tugure to assist Rwandans with selling and buying new and pre-owned goods. It works more or less the same as Facebook Marketplace.\u00a0 Later, he sold the applications to ABitNetwork.<\/p>\n<p>A sought-after speaker<\/p>\n<p>Apart from running FavCode54,\u00a0Favour Ori CEO is a well-renowned public speaker and has made presentations at several conferences. A native of Abia State in Nigeria, Favour Ori is a software engineer and entrepreneur.\u00a0 He is a self-driven, persistent, highly gifted individual passionate about helping others improve in life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tags\">Tags: <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/tag\/373164\/\" rel=\"tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0<\/a> <\/p>\n<div><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/menafn\/\" rel=\"category tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Menafn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/content-marketing\/\" rel=\"category tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Content Marketing<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/ips\/\" rel=\"category tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">IPS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/reportedtimes\/\" rel=\"category tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reportedtimes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/financial-content\/\" rel=\"category tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Financial Content<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/pr-wirein\/\" rel=\"category tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PR-Wirein<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/icn-internal-distribution\/\" rel=\"category tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iCN Internal Distribution<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/extended-distribution\/\" rel=\"category tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Extended Distribution<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag noopener\" target=\"_blank\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Favour Ori CEO shares his passion for empowering fellow Africans to code and scale the heights of success in software engineering. At 19,&nbsp;Favour Ori CEO relocated&nbsp;to the U.S. from Nigeria&nbsp;to pursue his dream career: computer and information sciences at&nbsp;Southern Arkansas University. Now he defines himself as a: software engineer keen on building and shipping innovative [&hellip;] <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2021\/09\/08\/favour-ori-ceo-his-passion-to-help-africans-code-and-connect-them-to-opportunities-in-the-tech-industry\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":291,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Favour Ori CEO: His Passion to Help Africans Code and Connect Them to Opportunities in the Tech Industry - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2021\/09\/08\/favour-ori-ceo-his-passion-to-help-africans-code-and-connect-them-to-opportunities-in-the-tech-industry\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Favour Ori CEO: His Passion to Help Africans Code and Connect Them to Opportunities in the Tech Industry - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Favour Ori CEO shares his passion for empowering fellow Africans to code and scale the heights of success in software engineering. 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