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Born on 7th April, 1971 in Calabar to Justice Peter Odo Effiong Bassey and Mrs. Claire Lorina Bassey

Completed primary education at Port Harcourt Primary School, Port Harcourt, Rivers State

Completed secondary education at Federal Government College, Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State

Graduated from the University of Port Harcourt with a B.Eng. degree in Civil Engineering

Completed National Youth Service in Kaduna State

Graduated from the University of Leeds with an MSc. in Information Systems.

Served as MSc. Information Systems student representative


Served as Assistant Student Adviser, James Baillie flats

Married Ansa Kadana on 14th April, 2001 in the United Kingdom

Founded nigeria-friends.com (first Nigerian social networking website with over 10,000 schools and 100,000 users)

Appointed Project Manager, Garden City Literary Festival - An annual festival of arts and literature organised by the Rainbow Book Club with the support of the Rivers State Government

Appointed Special Assistant to the Governor of Cross River State (Senator Liyel Imoke), ICT


Served on the following committees:


Chairman, Nigeria National Software Conference local organising committee


Member, Calabar Festival planning committee

Member, National Sports Festival local organising committee

Elected Chapter President of Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship International

Founded Cornerstone Leadership Inspiration and Transformation Foundation also known as Lead Inspire Transform (LIT), a not for profit organisation with a mission to raise and inspire leaders to influence and build better communities

Deputy Leader, Nigeria e-Government delegation to South Korea

Appointed Chief Operating Officer, Port Harcourt UNESCO World Book Capital

Founded www.academix.ng, Africa focused research repository

First featured in the Contemporary Who is Who for Cross River State

Elected Vice President (Intergovernmental Affairs), Calabar Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture.

Appointed member of the Cross River State Growth and Development Strategy committee

Appointed to Board of Trustees, Rainbow Book Club

Appointed Member of External Advisory Board, SORMAS (Surveillance Outbreak Response Management & Analysis System https://sormas.org/) , Braunschweig Germany


Founded Quick School Manager (www.qschoolmanager.com) - A SaaS school management solution for nursery, primary and secondary schools