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Ugo Nkwocha
Ugo Nkwocha
Builder · Educator · Storyteller
10+
Years building
digital businesses
10K+
Children taught
through 9jacodekids
3
Businesses running
across two continents
100+
Entrepreneurs trained
The through line

Everything I build starts from the same place. A problem I see clearly, a system I believe can solve it, and the discipline to do the work until it works. That is how I grew 9jacodekids Academy in Nigeria to thousands of students. That is how I moved my family to Canada and rebuilt from the ground up. That is how I help professional service businesses stop being invisible to the clients they deserve. And that is how I am building Transcend AI Academy, because children who learn to lead with AI will have an advantage that compounds for life.

Where do
you belong?

Three audiences. One person connecting them all.

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You run an established business in Canada

You are good at what you do. Your existing clients are happy. The right new clients are not finding you. I build and run the complete system that changes that, every month.

See how I work
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You have a child aged 6 to 16

Your child will grow up in a world shaped by AI. The question is whether they use it or lead with it. Transcend AI Academy teaches them to create, build, and think with AI.

Explore the academy
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You want the honest story

No highlight reel. No motivational filler. Real stories about building businesses, relocating a family, and what it costs to start over with ten years of experience.

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Ugo Nkwocha
10
Years of building
before Canada
How I got here

Ten years of building. One honest move.

In 2012, I started teaching children to code out of a small space in Nigeria. No funding. No investors. No playbook. Just a belief that kids who understood technology would have a different kind of future.

Over the next decade, 9jacodekids Academy grew to serve thousands of students. I built systems strong enough that it runs without me from another country.

In early 2025, my family arrived in Canada as Permanent Residents. I had to write a CV for the first time in ten years. I documented every step of the rebuild, because people going through the same thing deserve honest information from someone actually in it.

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Canada Chronicles

Why I moved my family from Nigeria to Canada

In 2010 my dad gave me N6 million for a Master's in the UK. Fast forward to 2025, that same amount is now ₦50 million. My twins just turned 10. I did the math.

March 2025  ·  6 min read
Entrepreneurship

What it feels like to write a CV after 10 years of running your own business

As a business owner I wore every hat. Now I had to pick the most marketable ones and fit into someone else's system. It felt strange. Here is what I learned.

February 2025  ·  5 min read
Parenting

I was double promoted twice. My kids will not be.

I finished secondary school at 14. Brilliant child. Emotionally and socially immature. It had an effect I still think about. Here is what I decided for my own children.

January 2025  ·  4 min read
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