Kabiru Seidu

Experience

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  Adesua-Ye Adult Literacy Foundation

  Oct 2013 - Aug 2014

  Tutor, Foundational Mathematics

  Adesua-Ye is an Adult Literacy Program created specifically to equip the adults in Berekuso with foundational skills in English, Math and Leadership.

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  Ashesi University

  Aug 2014 - Jul 2015

  CSM Learn is the first learning technology to holistically personalise instruction beyond conventional academic skills. The purpose of this study is to understand the effectiveness of CSM Learn in helping teachers and other professionals in Ghana improve their English literacy, basic math, and problem solving skills in order to further their professional and educational goals. The Leadership Seminar Series is a series of interdisciplinary seminars designed to promote self-awareness among Ashesi’s students and to expose them to the ideas of great historical thinkers and contemporary leaders. Students are asked to think broadly and to explore how they might use the examples set by these leaders to achieve their goals in their future professional lives.

  • Research Assistant, Arts and Science Department

    Aug 2014 - Jul 2015

  • Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Leadership Seminar Series

    Aug 2014 - Jul 2015
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  NubianVR

  Sept 2015 - Jun 2017

  Co-Founder, Director

  NubianVR was founded as a Virtual Reality Innovation Company in 2015. My role involved the management of the company's productions and event planning of the company's exhibitions. I also spearheaded the company's budding interest in education technology.

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  Ashesi University

  Jan 2016 - Aug 2017

  The Virtual Reality Enthusiast Group is a community of Faculty and Student at Ashesi University keen on researching, innovating and telling stories in Virtual Reality and other new media like Augmented Reality. A collaboration between Ashesi University and the Ford Foundation, the Fund for Service to Children and Youth supports student-driven projects aimed at making a difference in the lives of disadvantaged children and youth in Ghana, and seeks to amplify the impact of community service at the university campus. Refugees and Forced Migration in Africa is an inter-disciplinary course which puts a spotlight on significant issues, arising out of the interplay of history, politics, law and economics, which determine the occurrence and direction of forced migration situations on the African continent and elsewhere.

  • Founding Member & Innovation Lead, Virtual Reality Enthusiast Group

    Sept 2016 - Aug 2017

  • Project Assistant, Fund for Service to Children and Youth

    Aug 2015 - Jul 2017

  • Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Forced Migration and Refugees

    Jan 2016 - May 2016
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  NubianVR

  Jan 2019 - now

  NubianVR is the first VR company in West Africa. Under my leadership NubianVR has evolved to become a full interactive product company with vast experience designing digital products that enhance playful learning. My responsibilities at NubianVR include charting & implementing the organisation's strategic vision including product roadmaps, fundraising strategy, hiring strategy, go-to-market strategy, sales strategy, partnership & communications strategy. I also lead product development of core NubianVR products such as the Life Skills App & Interactive Storybook. In 2021, to strengthen both NubianVR’s social impact and commercial goals, I led the founding of the Nubian Foundation, the non-for-profit arm of NubianVR. Show less Project Konko is a NubianVR project supported by the UNICEF Innovation Fund aimed at developing an open-source Interactive virtual reality lesson creator. I was responsible for managing NubianVR’s engagement with the UNICEF Innovation Fund from grant application to managing the funding of $98,000 through to end of project reporting. During the project, I also managed a product team consisting of designers, developers, researchers, and creators - i.e. a developer, 3D modeler, voice-over artist & a team of animators. Show less

  • Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer

    Jun 2017 - now

  • Product Team Lead, Nubian Storybooks

    Apr 2021 - now

  • Product Team Lead, Life Skills App

    Jun 2020 - now

  • Project Lead, Project Konko

    Jan 2019 - Jun 2020
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  Nubian Foundation

  Mar 2021 - now

  Co-Founder & Programmes Director

  Nubian Foundation is the not-for-profit arm of NubianVR; It was set up to drive NubianVR’s research and non-commercial education interests. At Nubian Foundation my core responsibilities include product design and management. I also am responsible for managing the Foundation’s relationships with various governmental agencies and INGO’s such as UNICEF. I currently lead the Foundation’s project with UNICEF Ghana & the Ministry of Education to drive digital literacy with the NubianVR’s Life Skills App. Show less

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  Gamers Association Ghana (GAG)

  Aug 2022 - now

  General Secretary

  Gamers Association Ghana (GAG) seeks to bring together programmers, artists, game designers, audio professionals, content creators, streamers, and all other enthusiasts to network and exchange ideas to shape the game industry in Ghana. As General Secretary, my duties include handling all internal and external communications of the Association as well as maintain organizational records.