ThankGod Emmanuel Ofem (/ ofɛm/ born September 20, 2003) is a Nigerian business magnate, computer programmer, internet entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He founded the software company Drauig of which he is executive chairman, chief executive officer and Controlling interest/controlling shareholder.
He officially started Drauig in August, 2023 in the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria but originally started in May, 2020 in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. In January 2023, at age 19, he relocated to Federal Capital Territory, Abuja Nigeria where he continued his career and further his education.
Early life and education edit
ThankGod Emmanuel Ofem was born and raised in Ugep, Cross River State, Nigeria, to parents Emmanuel Elijah Ofem and Philomina Emmanuel Elijah. ThankGod has one younger sister, Victory Emmanuel and two younger brothers, Godsfavour Emmanuel and Joyful Emmanuel. ThankGod's parents are pastors of the Popular Church in the South-South region of Nigeria, Kingdom Bride Bible Church since 2001 and were both transferred to Ebonyi State, Nigeria where they reside now.
ThankGod started to pursue his career as a Software Developer at the age of 14 in 2018 when he finished his High School in Ginger International School, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Before moving to Ebonyi State to finish his High School, the Software Developer briefly attended Holy Child Nursery and Primary School in Mkpani (Yakurr Local Government Area, Cross River State) where he wrote his First School Leaving Examination and graduated from the primary school to Community Secondary School, Mkpani which he only studies there for two consecutive sections (JSS1 and JSS2) before he followed his parents to Ebonyi State as a result of transfer. In early 2018, ThankGod started a course on Web Development on which he did fundamental learning on WordPress and some fundamentals in HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language), CSS (Cascading Style Sheet), JavaScript and PHP respectfully.
In 2020, the young Web Developer had to step-up his career as a Web Developer by going through an advanced course on Web Development on Coursera and eventually did a Computer Science which he got a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree via Class Central in 2022.
Apart from the skills ThankGod Emmanuel has, he also possess advanced skills in UI (User interface / UX (User Experience) Design using Figma and Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Corel Draw, Content Creation, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and other Digital Marketing skills and General Auditing.