Tech Academia was founded by Oluwatosin Toba, a recent Mathematics and Economics graduate, after he realised there was a lack of information around how to break into tech careers.

When Oluwatosin was applying for technology internships in his second year of university, he struggled to find relevant and detailed information tailored specifically to UK university students.

He decided to document his journey on social media, impacting 100,000+ students and young people. He also built a technology community of over 1,900+ members and secured a technology internship at a top investment bank and a software engineering internship at a leading fintech company.

He was recognised as the third Most Outstanding African Heritage student in the UK 2022-2023 by Powerful Media, sponsored by the London Stock Exchange and won the Outstanding Community Contribution Award from the School of Mathematical Sciences.

Oluwatosin used the prize money from the Outstanding Community Contribution Award to build Tech Academia, a platform to educate young people on how to break into careers in tech. It currently has seven main career modules:

1. Writing your First Technology CV
2. Securing your First Technology Internship / Graduate Job
3. Starting and Completing your First Technology Project
4. What Jobs are Available in the Technology Industry
5. Acing your Technology Interviews
6. Acing your Coding Tests and Technical Interviews with Data Structures and Algorithms
7. How to ACE your exams

Access Tech Academia here.

Speaking of his achievements, Oluwatosin said: “I grew up in a low-income household, so I understand how important and vital access to information is. It changed my life! I am extremely passionate about social mobility and will continue to scale my initiatives further!”