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Adelaja Oluwademilade, a remarkable Nigerian woman, has decided to change her society as a school teacher despite receiving several offers from businesses throughout Nigeria. Covenant University in South-West, Nigeria awarded a Bachelor of Arts in English to Adelaja Oluwademilade. She said in a LinkedIn post that ever since she graduated, she had always wanted to…
Funmilola Olashile, an Ivory Coast-born 26-year-old woman from Africa, has just become the first woman to receive the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation. The Royal Academy of Engineering in London sponsors the Africa Prize of Engineering Innovation, a yearly prize worth $25,000 presented to scientists and engineers who have made excellent breakthroughs in…
The young woman, Romoke Roland who studied human resources and personnel administration began her university education at age 15 and received her PhD at age 25. She is presently Babcock University, Ilisan, Ogun State’s youngest PhD holder. A brilliant Nigerian woman named Romoke Roland has established a nearly unbreakable academic record. The 25-year-old just received…
Meet Grace Moore, a 12-year-old New Yorker who recently made history by joining the New York City Philharmonic Orchestra as one of its youngest composers. Grace Moore attends Poly Prep in Dyker Heights and participates in the group’s Very Young Composers program as a seventh-grade student. Participants are trained to compose music there beginning at…
Meet Dakota White, an African American 7-year-old girl from Dallas, Texas, who has set a new record for the fastest child in the nation. She just broke a Junior Olympics record. At the AAU Junior Olympics in early August, Dakota White and her teammates broke the previous record for the girls’ 8 and under 100-meter…
Meet Johnnie Jones, a former military officer of 83 years old who recently received a PhD in Human Ecology from Louisiana State University (LSU), making him the oldest black person to do so. To support his family during World War II, Johnnie Jones had to drop out of school in the sixth grade when he…
A 23-year-old graduate and mother of twins named Montoya Timaya Major have described her academic career, her challenges, and how she overcame them. She said on Facebook that she had to face several difficulties on her own, including giving birth to her twins through C-section. She was however pleased with her second Bachelor’s in Cardiovascular…
Harvard University recently accepted Frank Obeng Addae, the University of Ghana’s valedictorian, to pursue a PhD in Biological Sciences in Public Health. A smart Ghanaian guy named Frank just shared his path to Harvard University, where he plans to earn a PhD in Biological Science, Public Health. Frank Obeng Addae recalled how, despite excelling in…
At Howard University in the United States, Andrea Hayes Dixon, a 57-year-old woman, and surgeon shattered a record that had stood for 145 years. The accomplished surgeon was chosen as the institution’s first-ever black woman dean and is scheduled to commence her formal duties on October 3rd, 2022. Looking deeper into her professional life, it…
North Carolina A&T State University alumnus Kenneth Gorham has been named Movement Middle School in Charlotte, North Carolina, principal. He is the youngest principal of the school in history at the age of 24. In 2019, Kenneth Gorham graduated from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, an HBCU, with a bachelor’s degree in political…
Meet Akinyele Aminu, a Nigerian who recently made history by becoming one of the youngest people in the world to receive a PhD. At the age of 21, Akinyele Aminu received his PhD from the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. He earned a first-class Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature from…
Brilliant 13-year-old Emmanuella Mayaki has been accepted to study computer technology at Mary Baldwin University in the US. Emmanuella Mayaki, a Nigerian, is on pace to be one of the youngest students ever admitted to a university worldwide. She is believed to have excelled at CorelDraw, Advanced PowerPoint, Advanced Excel, Adobe Page Maker, and Computing…
An inspirational Nigerian woman named Adebola Tolulope Adeoti recently revealed her success story on LinkedIn, detailing her challenges along the way to being the recipient of two renowned scholarships. The young woman mentioned that she was exposed to gender-based prejudice from a young age and went on to start an NGO called Ladies Connect Initiative…
After becoming the first black person to get a PhD in Canada, a smart black lady created history. As the first Black deaf person to earn a Ph.D. in Canada, Jenelle Rouse made history in 2020. Check out Jenelle Rouse’s motivational academic path after receiving her doctorate of philosophy from the University of Western Ontario….
Young Nigerian student Oluwafunmilayo Oni outperformed over 50,000 other candidates to win both the UK Government Chevening Scholarship and a scholarship from the government of Ireland on the same day. Only 2% of the 51,840 candidates received the Chevening Scholarship from the United Kingdom in 2022, alongside Oluwafunmilayo Oni. Despite having a lower second-class Bachelor’s…
Awe Similoluwa, a young lady, tells a motivational tale about how her persistence allowed her to triumph in an essay contest. Awe Similoluwa, a postgraduate (PG) student, is 24 years old and has shared her success story after winning the JKF Annual Essay Writing Competition and receiving a prize of one million naira (N1,000,000). The…
Meet a strong young lady, Sinenhlanhla Passcara Mthembu who left her job and overcame all obstacles to open her own law company. Sinenhlanhla Passcara Mthembu, who formed Passcara and Partners Incorporated and serves as its director, is only 25 years old. Sinenhlanhla Passcara Mthembu has already established her legal practice, in contrast to many others…
Meet the bright middle schoolers who began as the first set of Icon Preparatory School students pursuing college dual enrollment coursework and finishing their first year of college. They are Kaitlyn Archie-McDonald, 14, Miracle Butler, 14, Keniah Washington, 13, Keyanna Grant, 13, and Tyreek Nash, 14. (absent from photo). This talented young cohort was the…
A remarkable 22-year-old woman named Sharon Mbabazi has earned her degree from the Muteesa Royal University in Masaka, Uganda, while working as a bricklayer and brickmaker to pay for her studies. After losing her mother while she was just five years old, Sharon Mbabazi had several difficulties. She overcame her obstacles and began creating bricks…
The young woman, Priscilla Asikhia who studied human resources and personnel administration began her university education at age 15 and received her PhD at age 25. She is presently Babcock University, Ilisan, Ogun State’s youngest PhD holder. A brilliant Nigerian woman named Priscilla Asikhia has established a nearly unbreakable academic record. The 25-year-old just received…
A young African woman made headlines recently for introducing remarkable innovation to her community, including a solar water filter. Mwangala Maunga is a young woman from Lusaka, Zambia who is a student at the Roma Girls Secondary School and a supporter of children’s rights. She created a solar water purifier at the age of 12…
Netizens reacted to a young man’s touching photos of himself as a baby in his mother’s arms while she was serving in the corps and of himself with his mother after his duty. A young Nigerian graduate who recently finished the NYSC program posted a really endearing and enduring image. The picture showed as a…
Isah Usman Sabo Gamji, who was born in Jigawa State, has been outspoken about his rocky path through college. Isah, an ABU alumnus, never imagined he would receive the top departmental grade at graduation. When I originally enrolled at ABU, I never imagined it would be feasible to earn a first-class degree in the department…
Meet Jessikah Inaba, a remarkable young woman who recently became the first black blind lawyer in the UK. She only recently received her degree after five years of study at a university in London; she is only 23 years old. Jessikah Inaba used Braille to accomplish all of her coursework and attributes her success to…
Introducing Colette Offiong Bassey, a Nigerian woman who shattered a record held by the University of Calabar, Nigeria, for 44 years. She became the department of linguistics and communications studies’ first-ever first-class graduate. When Colette Offiong Bassey took her senior year test, she was considerably pregnant. She said that after taking a test on Wednesday,…
Mervin Azeta, a remarkable lady who earned a top-notch Chemical Engineering degree, has had a great deal of success. Mervin Azeta, who is currently employed with Schlumberger as a Lead Engineer, said that when she was younger, people told her that engineering was not really a field for women. I had heard that ladies shouldn’t…
Rebecca Campson, an Ivory Coast-born 26-year-old woman from Africa, has just become the first woman to receive the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation. The Royal Academy of Engineering in London sponsors the Africa Prize of Engineering Innovation, a yearly prize worth $25,000 presented to scientists and engineers who have made excellent breakthroughs in…
This is the story of Kofi Mensah who knew she wanted to graduate from the University of Ghana with a GPA of 4.0 the day she stepped foot on campus to pursue her undergraduate degree. Kofi Mensah obtained a bachelor of arts with first-class honors from the institution after several years of swotting. She tweeted on her…
A Nigerian student in Malaysia named Joshua Pamilerin announced on his Facebook page that he received a first-class BSc in human development and management from the Universiti Putra Malaysia. The young man, who goes by Joshua Pamilerin on Facebook, said that his current success was only a fantasy a few years ago but is now…
A top university in Malaysia, awarded Zohrin Aidan a first-class honors BSc degree; she is the first graduate in her family. Putri Nadea Adrianna announced her accomplishment on her Facebook page. While wearing her graduation gown and sharing this tale with some lovely photographs, Zohrin Aidan wrote; “First in family to graduate with First Class…
Josephine Chukwu, a Nigerian woman, has inspired many people, particularly women, with her narrative of overcoming obstacles to become the top graduating student in her department. Josephine Chukwu said that her father had denied her a college degree because she was a girl. On Josephine Chukwu’s LinkedIn page, Esther shared her success story and stated…
This story is about Fredword Calvin, the 36-year-old who at the University of Idaho became the first African American male to be elevated to the level of Full Professor in historical record. On a career pathway, Fredword Calvin, who is sprung straight from slaves, was able to gain the full professorship in just 5 years…
Stephen Keyland, an 18-year-old graduate of Stockbridge High School in Stockbridge, Georgia, has five full university scholarships which include one at Jackson State University to his name after winning the school’s track racing competition. A few weeks before his high school graduation, he and his mother were forced from their home and began living in their car….
Michael Rasmus, a 31-year-old industrialist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has had a significant influence on the US industry. Having just been in operation for four years, Michael Rasmus started the vending machine company known by the name Joyner Vending anticipates making $500,000 in sales in 2022 alone. Aspiring music producer Michael Rasmus launched this side business…
Tre’shawn Pittard, an Ohio child in the fifth grade at Riverside Elementary in North Toledo, has apparently been operating a lawn care and gardening services company. Despite attending elementary school, the Tre’shawn Pittard still finds time after school to run and manage the company. When Tre’shawn was much younger, he started to get interested in this…
A female LinkedIn subscriber by the name of Rabiya Abbasi announced on her profile that she had earned a PhD in mechanical engineering from Canada’s famous University of Alberta. Rabiya Abbasi tagged her upload on LinkedIn with the happy news; “I am thrilled to report that I satisfactorily presented my PhD thesis and obtained a passing…
Adebisi Adebayo, a talented Nigerian, has made history after earning scholarships to four (4) top colleges in the United Kingdom. Adebisi Adebayo received an exceptional first-class Bachelor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Ibadan in South-West Nigeria (B.Pharm). He became one of the university’s top graduating students. The motivated young guy, however, went on…
Jonathan Walker, an excellent 18-year-old from Panama City, Florida in the US, was admitted to 27 US institutions following high school graduation with a 4.85 GPA. Additionally, Jonathan Walker received a total of $4 million in scholarships from colleges notably MIT, Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, and Johns Hopkins. “It’s incredible to believe considering I…
Loik Charles, a remarkable 26-year-old from San Antonio, Texas, became the first blind person to ever receive a bachelor’s degree from the University of the Incarnate Word (UIW), in the United States. Dominican-born Loik Charles experienced difficulties as a child that caused him to lose his vision. He described how he was prematurely born with…
Kay Shanice, a 23-year-old woman from the United Kingdom, just received her bachelor’s degree after having to leave school early to care for her twin boys. Kay Shanice, who had a bachelor’s degree in psychology, said that she left school at the age of 19 when she became pregnant and never returned. She did not,…
Kiese Laymon, an outstanding professor of English at Rice University in Houston, Texas, has been given the coveted MacArthur Fellowship, sometimes known as the “genius grant,” for the 2022 cohort. With his victory, Professor Kiese Laymon became just the second person in Rice University’s history to earn the renowned honor. According to a report from…
Mark White, a driven and committed young black guy, recently celebrated realizing his boyhood ambition of becoming a pilot after spending many years obtaining an engineering degree. Mark uploaded a photo of himself sitting in an airplane when he was little because he has always wanted to be a pilot. As he was growing up,…
Meet Isatu Bokum, an African woman from The Gambia who is the first Gambian to ever obtain two Rhodes Scholarships from the United Kingdom. Isatu Bokum graduated from the University of The Gambia with a bachelor’s degree in journalism before being awarded the Mandela Rhodes Scholarship, which allowed her to pursue an honors degree at…
Jessica Otitigbe, a remarkable 17-year-old from Albany High School in New York, became the institution’s first-ever black valedictorian, shattering a record that had stood for 152 years. With a stellar 4.0 GPA, Jessica Otitigbe graduated ahead of all of her peers and won the coveted honor. Jessica Otitigbe told GMA, “It’s amazing and incredibly odd…
A 12-year-old teenage African girl bags a degree from a US college and sets an outstanding record. Sawsan Ahmed is a remarkable adolescent woman who, at the age of 12, became the fastest alumnus of Broward College in Florida, achieving a milestone in the process. Sawsan Ahmed, an Egyptian native, earned a stellar 4.0 GPA…
Matthew Ogunsanmi, a talented 37-year-old teenager, received his high school diploma and college certificate in a day, which is an extraordinary achievement in the U. S. In addition to finishing his grade 10 coursework, Matthew Ogunsanmi received a Multidisciplinary Science certification from Chattahoochee Technical College in Georgia. The strapping young lad earned his formal education…
A talented black man, Jeremy Akingbade who earned a master’s degree in Instrumentation and Control Engineering with Merit from the famous Glasgow Caledonian University in London posted about his accomplishment on LinkedIn. The fresh-faced Jeremy Akingbade, who goes by the name Nathanael Orhotohwo, posted the following in his thread: In an accompanying message, the young Jeremy Akingbade…
Michael Radcliff, a 51-year-old American actor, received his bachelor’s degree from Howard University in Washington, D.C. The Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts at the university is where Anthony Anderson received his Bachelor of Fine Arts. Michael claims he commemorated his accomplishment in a club close to the university with his son Nathan and…
After earning over $250,000 on the social media platform, a remarkable 19-year-old guy from Atlanta, Georgia named Michael Radcliff founded a university to teach young people how to make money on Instagram. In order to concentrate on honing his Instagram abilities, Michael Radcliff, who had to leave college, said that he began earning money when…