Gordon Swaby
Gordon Obrien Swaby | |
|---|---|
 Self-portrait photograph | |
| Born | 18 November 1990 Mandeville, Manchester, Jamaica |
| Nationality | Jamaican |
| Occupation | internet entrepreneur |
| Known for | Founder of Advance-Gamers, EduFocal Limited and EduFocal Business |
| Website | gordonswaby |
Gordon Obrien Swaby (born 18 November 1990) is an internet entrepreneur based in Kingston, Jamaica. He is the CEO/Founder of EduFocal Limited an E-Learning web application for students at the CXC and PEP level.[1][2][3]
Swaby was also the founder of the now defunct website Advance-Gamers; a large gaming website in the Caribbean at the time.[4]
Swaby is an inductee of the Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship in the Caribbean.[5][6]
Awards[edit]
Swaby is a Private Sector Organization of Jamaica (PSOJ) Jamaica Gleaner 50underFifty business leader awardee.[7] An award he won in 2012. In 2014, Gordon was named by the Inter-American Development Bank as one of ten innovators in the Latin America and Caribbean Region.[8][9]
References[edit]
- ^ "BBC: Turning school exams into an online game in Jamaica". BBC News. 4 April 2016.
- ^ "Students Play, Learn and Win at EduFocal". Archived from the original on 24 March 2012.
- ^ "Gordon Swaby: dedication personified".
- ^ The Jamaica Gleaner: Teenager makes career through game website
- ^ EduFocal: Redefining Education through social learning
- ^ l Snapshots
- ^ "50underFifty business leader awardee". Archived from the original on 27 November 2012.
- ^ "Young Innovator Educating The Nation's Youth Online". 27 February 2014.
- ^ "IDB Appoints Gordon Swaby, Emma Lewis To Civil Consulting Group". 16 July 2017.