Samson Abioye (25 March 1991 – 28 July 2017) was a

Nigerian Nigerians or the Nigerian people are citizens of Nigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria. The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country. This name was allegedly coined in the late 19th century by British jour ...

computer programmer and internet entrepreneur. In 2013, he co-founded '' pass.ng'', a self-testing online platform which helps students practice for national examinations, while studying at

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as an undergraduate. Until his death, he operated as pass.ng's

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Career

He worked temporarily with his University's ICT department while studying before co-founding pass.ng which won the Airtel Catapult-a-Startup competition in 2014. He was also the winner of the 2013 National Best Developer for Computer Science students in Nigeria as an undergraduate.

Death

Abioye passed on in the morning of 28 July 2017. ''Pulse Nigeria'' described his death as "one that has shocked the sphere of technology in Nigeria".

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Abioye, Samson 1991 births 2017 deaths Nigerian business executives Yoruba businesspeople Nigerian technology businesspeople Nigerian computer programmers Ladoke Akintola University of Technology alumni