Charity, they say begins at home and Engineer Alex Onyia, the CEO of Educare, has proven to be a ‘’nwafor’’, son of the soil.

Eight months ago, Sultan of Software, as he his fondly called, took it upon himself to change the narrative in his village, as over 70% of youngsters in his village that sat for UTME orgainsed by JAMB failed the exam.

His initiative has significantly improved the situation as many of the students aced the 2024 UTME, generating accolades from all quarters.

Onyia is not a mystery, neither myth or legend, but a flesh and blood helping mankind through science and technology with a heart immersed in philanthropy directed at education.

Unveiling the man, Alex Onyia

When he steps into the room you won’t fail to recognise. His towering height, macho body, skin as dark as a humus soil sells him out. He is the perfect description of tall, dark and handsome. With arms built sturdily to bear the burdens of education and a smile that shines through it all. His signature outfit jean and tshirts also says let’s get to work.

Away from the physique, Alex Onyia is a man filled with compassion, a heart of rare gold especially when it comes to education. Tell him of a Treasure Okegbola and he comes running to preserve the bright talent. An Arome Audu would find possibility for his dreams when he steps into the room. An an Angel Alale would need not worry about funding for her university education.

You can call him minister of education of advocacy, as it’s not odd for him to be the voice of teachers, requesting that their reward is neither denied or delayed on earth. According to him poverty not lack of interest his the problem of Nigerian students.

The Sultan of Software as Educare CEO is fondly called adopted the title in March after 16 years of working with and investing in software including deep participation in Edtech, Fintech, AgriTech, HealthTech, PharmTech and Enterprise resource planning (ERP).

Here’s how “Obi” became a man in the education space

Alex Onyia, a proud Ngwo indigene, who graduated from UNN as an agricultural and bioresources engineer emerged from the loins of teacher and perhaps that fuelled his passion for education.

But, this had not been his path until 2014. Prior to the establishment of Educare, Onyia was a blogger. With “Babies are beautiful” he carved a niche for himself and established a huge present on Facebook garnering a followership of 8.7 million which as at 2016 made it the facebook page with the highest followership owned by a Nigerian. The page which was dedicated to posting beautiful baby pictures was however pulled down in 2017, driving 100% focus on Educare.

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