Gordon Swaby

Gordon Obrien Swaby
Self-portrait photograph
Born (1990-11-18) 18 November 1990 (age 34)
Mandeville, Manchester, Jamaica
Occupationinternet entrepreneur
Known forFounder of Advance-Gamers, EduFocal Limited and EduFocal Business
Websitegordonswaby.com

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

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

  1. ^ "BBC: Turning school exams into an online game in Jamaica". BBC News. 4 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Students Play, Learn and Win at EduFocal". Archived from the original on 24 March 2012.
  3. ^ "Gordon Swaby: dedication personified".
  4. ^ The Jamaica Gleaner: Teenager makes career through game website
  5. ^ EduFocal: Redefining Education through social learning
  6. ^ l Snapshots
  7. ^ "50underFifty business leader awardee". Archived from the original on 27 November 2012.
  8. ^ "Young Innovator Educating The Nation's Youth Online". 27 February 2014.
  9. ^ "IDB Appoints Gordon Swaby, Emma Lewis To Civil Consulting Group". 16 July 2017.