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IDDRIS SANDU, DIGITAL ARCHITECT GENIUS

IDDRIS SANDU, THE ULTIMATE 23 years old Tech GENIUS! Describe as the digital architect changing the landscape of tech, Ghanian born Iddris Sandu's teen life will shock you.

Look at the profile of a man who declined an offer to study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology twice in order to be a change agent for African-American culture.
At age 13, he was an accomplished programmer, he was discovered in a library by a designer from Google who got him an internship at the Tech Company. He was reading texts about the theory of relativity and studying the German industrial designer Dieter Rams.
At age 14, his name had already begun making rounds in the tech and political cycles he designed an app to help students at his high school find their classrooms easily. Here he received Presidential Scholar Award from President Barack Obama.
At age 15, he was hired by Twitter to do data analytics.
At age 16, Instagram hired him
At age 17-18, he was a consultant for Snapchat
At age 19, Uber hired him as a consultant
At age 20, he helped rapper Nipsey Hussle create The Marathon Clothing, a smart store in Los Angeles that gives customers exclusive access to the rapper's content.
At 21 years, the genius worked in his company with a focus on fusing culture and technology, he has worked with music artists like Kanye West and Jaden Smith.

The tech genius has some of the best inspirational advice.

His life’s philosophy and entrepreneurial drive.“Most people can see, but not everyone has vision!'

Life: He tells you “Stay true to your cause, once you abuse the relationship the universe starts to take you out of your path”

For Aspiring Business Persons: For anyone aspiring to build a business, Sandu says that you should ask yourself “How does my product or service help humanity, how does it advance the life of those in my community or society?”

More on achievements?
He has created mentoring and tutoring programs in L.A. as well as founded a new school for tech literacy in his native country of Ghana. In 2019 he was the recipient of a $100,000 fellowship grant from Paypal founder Peter Thiel’s foundation aimed at promoting sustainable design and tech ideas amongst Africa’s youth.

Iddris Sandu also created in collaboration with Facebook the Black Mural Project. The project is an immersive experience for students to explore and learn about Black history as it was launched in February 2020.

His is a life of pure possibilities.

One thing I have come to learn, early childhood interests can grow into passion and life long world-changing ideas and impact. Good people, when you are blessed with a kid, please take a keen interest in the kid's preferences, as early as age 1, then go ahead and nurture those interests.

How many Iddris Sandus' would we have if parents took a keen interest in their kid's preference and interests from the word go? Think about that!

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