COME AND SEE CONFIIDENT; 23 YEAR OLD ENTREPRENEUR THAT TURN DOWN A JOB OFFER FROM BILL GATES

A 23-year-old Nigerian capitalist, Chris Kwekowe curved down a job present to employment as a software engineer at Microsoft, own by the richest man in the world, Bill Gates, in organize to start his possess establish in Lagos.

The Lagos State University computer science graduate virtuously exposed this to Bill Gates for the period of a television meeting for Africa’s brightest youthful entrepreneurs in August 2016.
Kwekowe, who win the 2015 Anzisha award which came with a $25,000 cheque, said he redundant the offer to construct up his possess establish, Slatecube– a website expected at help extra youthful Nigerians discover job.

"When I tell him, Gates was intrigue and he smile. After the planned, all the director were like, ‘guy, you represent you in fact curved down a job at Microsoft and have the pluck to tell Bill Gates?

Kwekowe found Slatecube with his brother bright green, 20, in October 2014. The pair fund their labors by freelancing as web designer and in a row a software solution firm. He said Slatecube seek to resolve that difficulty by development the former students through digital internships and so distant, Slatecube have an 80% employ speed for its user.

 company that have worn the display place, have save over $100,000 in 2015 by hire capable, prepared to work staff. 

In a Facebook post in print last August, Chris narrate in information of his gathering with Bill Gates:

"Oh yeah, I did get together with Bill Gates in Durban, South Africa where we had a amount of honest conversation about the whole thing - from his association with altruistic cause in the continent, to how he makes time to be a huge father for his kids.

 My chosen instant were check his reply following to I tell him I curved down occupation offer from Microsoft and the likes to follow unbelievable extra vital for me, and how Africa's growth depends extra on sustainable funds in unique social startups like Slatecube that resolve some of the continent's main troubles, somewhat than donate totally to charitable trust organization who conclusion up require additional monetary vaccination to agreement with the minutest of issue.

 Anyways, we'd be functioning with the Bill and Melinda Gates groundwork to create our worth proposal at Slatecube a pan-African freedom.

 almost immediately, you'd quite be in require crossways the sphere, and connect in company and project that make you improved, and suit your occupation goal. not anything can actually be improved"