Meet Esther Okade, a 16-year-old British-Nigerian who is a PhD holder

By Matthew Eloyi

Esther Okade came into the limelight in 2015, when she was just ten years old and was hailed as a math genius after enrolling in the Open University in the United Kingdom at the age of ten.

Esther, who resides in Walsall, a British industrial area, was apparently not taught in a traditional school setting because her mother educated her at home.

Esther’s mother began homeschooling her when she was three years old, and at the age of six, she took her first GCSE exams at Wolverhampton’s Ounsdale High School.

Esther Okade is the author of the “Yummy Yummy Algebra” series of mathematics textbooks for youngsters. One of her aspirations is to own a bank as a teenager.

She started her university course with a flawless score on her first exam, despite being one of the youngest undergraduate students. She was immediately the top in her class.

Esther Okade had previously stated that she planned to complete her undergraduate course of study, Financial Mathematics, in two years and hoped to open a bank at the age of 15 due to her love for numbers.

In her words, “I want to finish the course in two years. I want to have a bank by the time I’m 15 because I like numbers and I like people and banking is a great way to help people.”

She earned her Ph.D. before she turned 14 after receiving perfect grades in all of her classes. Esther’s academic achievements have been highlighted by a number of international news outlets.

Esther is saidto have grown up like any other girl her age, as she enjoys playing with Barbie dolls and dressing up like Elsa from Frozen, although she is intelligent and academically superior to her peers.