It took Erick Ademba 17 years to be the best teacher in Africa

Teacher Erick Ademba of Asumbi Girls High school upon his arrival at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport,Nairobi from Addis Ababa,Ethiopia,October 24th,October,2019. Ademba won the Africa Union Continental Teacher Prize in the just concluded contest in Ethiopia. [Elvis Ogina,standard]

Erick Ademba’s 17-year journey to be the best teacher in Africa began at Sori Secondary School in Migori County. As a Third Former in this school in 2002, Ademba admired his chemistry teacher Benjamin Omondi.

By his easy explanations of chemistry concepts, Omondi always made the subject fun to Ademba. By the time he was sitting his Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exam in 2003, Ademba had decided to be a teacher.