He was 24 years when he was appointed the first Information Technology Youth Ambassador of his country – a deserved appointment having been in the forefront of the campaign for socio-economic transformation through ICT. In the years to follow he consulted for a number of revered international institutions, such as Harvard University, Microsoft, Res Republica, Heinrich Boell Foundation and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA).

His literally inexhaustible international honours span Ashoka Fellowship, Cordes Fellowship, Santa Clara University Fellowship, Crans Montana Forum of New Leaders for Tomorrow Fellowship, Archbishop Desmond Tutu Fellowship and a host of others.

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