Samson Abioye

Samson Abioye
Born	(1991-03-25)25 March 1991
Died	28 July 2017(2017-07-28) (aged 26)
Alma mater	Ladoke Akintola University
Occupations	computer programmer entrepreneur
Notable work	pass.ng

Samson Abioye (25 March 1991 – 28 July 2017) was a Nigerian computer programmer and internet entrepreneur. In 2013, he co-founded pass.ng, a self-testing online platform which helps students practice for national examinations, while studying at Ladoke Akintola University as an undergraduate.^[1] Until his death, he operated as pass.ng's CEO.^[2][3]

He worked temporarily with his University's ICT department while studying before co-founding pass.ng which won the Airtel Catapult-a-Startup competition in 2014. He was also the winner of the 2013 National Best Developer for Computer Science students in Nigeria as an undergraduate.^[4]

Abioye passed on in the morning of 28 July 2017. Pulse Nigeria described his death as "one that has shocked the sphere of technology in Nigeria".^[5]