About Me — Kingsley “Kessy” Asuamah

A simple guy with a very twisted mind…

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I am a simple guy with a very twisted mind. I try to rhyme every word I hear in my head. A Technology Enthusiast. Software Quality Evangelist (QA) by day. Humour Monger — One of my favourite memories is when I roasted a friend so badly he went to the studio and recorded a diss track for me.

I 36-year-old Nigerian national living in Ireland. I left Nigeria to pursue a graduate degree abroad in my early thirties. Back in Nigeria, I would say I was comfortable with myself, my work and my income level at the time.

I was working in the IT department at the biggest e-commerce company in West Africa and later switched to a bank, working from their head office. I could pass as an okay guy. But I always wanted more.

I felt like a local champion. I wanted to play in the global space. I was helping build technology products for Nigerian users. I wanted to build for a global audience, but first I needed to mix up with people around the world to understand how they think. I needed international education and exposure. A Master’s Degree abroad was a guaranteed way to make it all come together.

It was a very difficult decision to quit my job and abandon all my friends, family and everything I had ever known to go and start my life…