Man Whose Parents Struggled To Pay His Sch Fees, Now Works At Microsoft Canada, After Completing His Schooling Through Scholarship

From Scavenging For Books In SHS, To Microsoft Engineer- Meet Ibrahim Abdullah

Ibrahim Abdullah is a young Ghanaian man with an inspiring story to tell. From his secondary school days to his current occupation, his experience has been one for the books.

Ibrahim attended Mfantsipim Boy’s Secondary School and from there, went to Ashesi University. While in Mfantsipim School, his parents struggled to pay his schools fees. At a certain point, he reportedly considered dropping out. Eventually, he was awarded the Mathematics, Science and Technology Scholarship by the Government of Ghana during his second year.

Before the scholarship, Ibrahim used to stay on campus a little longer after everyone else had gone home on vacation to scavenge discarded books to study because he couldn’t afford to purchase new ones.

According to him, all of this was indicative of the fact that his parents would be incapable of funding his university education. Determined to go to the University anyway, Ibrahim decided to do his best in order to secure a scholarship for his tertiary education.

After high school, he took a gap year to work and explore scholarship opportunities. He discovered Ashesi University and the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program and applied. He received an offer from Ashesi University to study Computer Science as a Mastercard Foundation Scholar in 2014.

Ibrahim Abdullah
After graduating, Ibrahim spent a year working with the Computer Science Department at Ashesi as a Teaching Assistant before joining Microsoft as a software engineer. At Microsoft, he works with a team in Vancouver, Canada on test platforms/tools (test framework and systems) for Office developers.

Source: LinkedIn

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