"When I finished my studies in Sierra Leone I had money left over from what I was saving in Saudi Arabia, and I also had a family loan, from an uncle of mine, but I remember I started my whole business with about $16,000 which enabled me to buy a few computers to start a training centre," Mr Jah told the BBC Africa's Victor Okhai.
Muhammed Jah
Age: 43
Diploma in Islamic Studies, Saudi Arabia
Electronics and Communications engineering, University of Sierra Leone
Started QuantumNet with four employees
The company now employs more than 300 IT professionals
In 2006 his IT training centre became the QuantumNet Institute of Technology
Invested in QCell, the first 3G mobile telecom company in The Gambia
Gambian Businessman of the Year three times
"My business instinct showed me that there was an opportunity so I quickly transformed myself from pure engineering to computing which is almost the same, so I did a few courses in computing to give to my people what I had learned.
"Though I don't have a PhD or a Master's degree in computing, at that time I didn't need that high level to teach people how to type or how to use Excel."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18602723
Muhammed Jah
Age: 43
Diploma in Islamic Studies, Saudi Arabia
Electronics and Communications engineering, University of Sierra Leone
Started QuantumNet with four employees
The company now employs more than 300 IT professionals
In 2006 his IT training centre became the QuantumNet Institute of Technology
Invested in QCell, the first 3G mobile telecom company in The Gambia
Gambian Businessman of the Year three times
"My business instinct showed me that there was an opportunity so I quickly transformed myself from pure engineering to computing which is almost the same, so I did a few courses in computing to give to my people what I had learned.
"Though I don't have a PhD or a Master's degree in computing, at that time I didn't need that high level to teach people how to type or how to use Excel."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18602723
