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Victor Ekwueme is a visually impaired Information technology (IT) professional. He holds a Computer Science Bachelor's degree from the University of Lagos and two Masters degrees. One from the University of Nottingham, UK and the other from The University of Dundee, UK where he studied MSc IT and MSc Intelligent Computational Systems respectively. On returning to Nigeria from the UK, his eyesight deteriorated severely due to a rare disease called Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP). Victor had to learn new skills to cope with everyday life especially in his career as an IT Consultant. He learnt some braille and also other skills using his mind such as memorisation techniques and mental calculations.  Victor has spoken in several conferences about overcoming his struggles and appeared on several online platforms i.e newspapers and digital magazines. He further started an academy (called MetaProgramming Academy) to teach people how to learn metacognition skills through computer programming. He teaches the Python programming language and uses metacognitive skills to teach such skills. His vision is to disseminate this knowledge to eager people willing to learn not just computer programming but mental tools and techniques that will guide them in learning the language.  These techniques could be adapted to other subjects if the student is creative. Victor works with Super Digital Highways (Nig.) Ltd. as a Technical Consultant with the Odoo Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software. He has over 15 years working experience in IT ranging from Software Development, Networking, and more recently, Data Science. He does not let his vision weigh him down but rather, uses it to galvanise and inspire people to want to better themselves.