Since founding Aid for Rural Education Access Initiative (AREAi) in 2014, Prince Gideon has provided leadership for the design, implementation, evaluation and scale-up strategy of different evidence-based initiatives to drive educational, employability and empowerment outcomes across 12 Nigerian states. Working with funding partners which includes the UK Department for International Development (DFID), One Young World, Theirworld, The Coca Cola Foundation, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), he has facilitated creation of alternative educational access and digital learning opportunities for over 27,000 girls and 45,000 total beneficiaries in 20 communities. He also led the product design, widespread adoption and subsequent scale strategy for DigiLearns, Nigeria’s first SMS-and-USSD based knowledge-building platform for which was adjourned as one of Africa’s top education innovations for 2020. He has served as a youth advisor and ambassador to leading global education institutions, including Theirworld, One Young World, Deloitte and Queens Commonwealth Trust, on crucial education issues such as education financing, girls’ education, foundational skills development and youth employability. Gideon is a 2019 Crans Montana New Leader of Tomorrow and was named as one of JCI Nigeria’s 2021 Ten Outstanding Young Persons in Nigeria Award Winner.