The man
behind the
work.
Ten years of building in Nigeria. A 33-hour flight. A family replanted in Canada. And a belief that everything worth building starts with a system that works without you standing over it.
digital businesses
through 9jacodekids
across two continents
businesses run today
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, and that the children around me deserved access to that future as much as anyone else.
What started as one class became 9jacodekids Academy — a coding, robotics, and AI education program that eventually served thousands of children across Nigeria. We hired teachers. We built curriculum. We created systems. And then we built those systems strong enough that the academy runs today without my daily presence, from a different continent.
That was the first time I understood what it really meant to build something. Build it well enough that it does not need you. Build people, not dependency. Build systems, not control. That understanding has shaped every decision I have made since — in my businesses, my family, and my work with clients.
Before all of that, I studied Electronic Engineering at the University of Nigeria and then completed a Masters in Computer Network Administration at the University of Portsmouth in the UK. I also taught piano to children in the UK before returning to Africa with a clearer sense of what I wanted to build and why.
One 33-hour flight changed everything.
In early 2025, my family and I arrived in Canada as Permanent Residents. It was a 33-hour journey from Port Harcourt to Hamilton, Ontario. A country we had researched for four years but never lived in. Three children who had to start new schools within a week of landing.
The process took four years. Two IELTS exams. My wife's nine months of intensive French classes. Proof of funds. Police clearances from two countries. Medical exams in Lagos. Documents we chased across time zones. It was not easy. It was completely worth it.
I had to write a CV for the first time in a decade. As a business owner, I had been wearing every hat for ten years. Suddenly I had to pick the most marketable ones and figure out how to fit into someone else's system. That experience gave me more clarity about what I am actually good at than anything else could have.
application to landing
Harcourt to Hamilton
who made the move
What I am
building now.
Three distinct ventures. One thread connecting all of them.
Transcend AI Academy
Canada-based online academy teaching children to create, build, and think with AI. Small classes. Age-specific curriculum. Internationally informed by a decade of teaching thousands of children in Nigeria.
Visit the academyClient Acquisition Partner
I build and run complete client acquisition systems for lawyers, accountants, medical practices, and professional service businesses in Canada who want the right clients finding them consistently.
See how I work9jacodekids Academy
The academy I founded in Nigeria in 2016. Now serving thousands of children through a team I built and a system I designed to run without my daily presence — from any country in the world.
Visit 9jacodekidsA father first. An entrepreneur second.
I am married and we have three children. Everything I build is ultimately for them. The move to Canada was about their future as much as mine. The academy is about children like them. The business discipline I apply to clients is the same discipline I apply to the 18 years I have been given to raise my children before they leave home.
Faith grounds everything I do. We attend Restoration House Hamilton. Service is not a strategy. It is how we show up for the communities we are part of, whether in Nigeria or Canada.
I document everything publicly because I believe people going through the same journey deserve honest information from someone actually in it. Not an agent. Not a consultant. Someone who has done the application, taken the tests, made the mistakes, and lived to share what actually works.
“I go carry your matter for my head. That is not a slogan. That is how I work.”
Ugo Nkwocha on client work
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Whether you want to work together, follow the journey, or find out how to get your child into Transcend AI Academy — here is where to go next.