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Meet Mmesoma Okonkwo, teenager who emerged worldwide best in English Cambridge exam.

In 2023, Mmesoma Okonkwo received the British Council Outstanding Cambridge Learner’s Award (Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education Top in the World 2022) after recording the highest score in English as a Second Language in the Cambridge IGCSE examination.

Ms Okonkwo is from Nnewi, Anambra State. She lives in Lagos and was an SS3 student at Chrisland High School, Victoria Garden City (VGC) at the time of her achievement. She was the school’s head girl.

Her father Emmanuel Okonkwo is an engineer while her mother Nneka Okonkwo is a civil servant.

She won the Lagos State Inter-School Essay Competition in 2022 and was best in Humanities at Chrisland Group Awards in 2023.

What makes Mmesoma’s feat even more admirable is that she not only topped the global charts in the Cambridge English examination but also scored A1 in all nine subjects in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WAEC), a double distinction that places her in an elite class of academic prodigies.


Cambridge International, a division of the University of Cambridge, noted in its statement that Mmesoma demonstrated exceptional command of written and spoken English, exhibiting the highest degree of comprehension, creativity, grammar, and interpretation among all 2023 candidates worldwide.

According to a representative of Cambridge Assessment International Education at the 2023 series, “Her excellence is a testament to her diligence, the quality of education she received, and the power of global academic competitiveness.”

Mmesoma Okonkwo has expressed her desire to pursue a degree in business at a reputable university, either in Nigeria or abroad, with the dream of eventually running her multinational enterprise that will focus on youth empowerment and education reform.

“Business is not just about profit,” Mmesoma said during her graduation speech in 2023.

“It’s about creating systems that empower people. I want to lead a company that invests in young people, especially girls, to show them that intelligence, not just beauty, can take them places.”

Source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/05/meet-mmesoma-okonkwo-teenager-who-emerged-worldwide-best-in-english-cambridge-exam/

Igbo amaka, hope the result wasn't conjured at Okija shrine like the other Mmesoma

Igbo to the world.congratulations pretty Angel, you are not only intelligent but beauty personified.

Congratulations

What's her score in Igbo language?

Yes of course, she can afford to eat egg.

Congrats to her. The sky is just the beginning

Nothing special to this for me
That is white man language and adds not value to problem solving. Why are the white not having the same achievements in our local language. You go surprise she can't even speak igbo language fluently. To me Nothing special

Okay nice one 👍

Let me wait for whomever wants to use the name Mmesoma to taunt Igbos with the educational prowess again

Igbo Amaka

Nigerian Amaka

Wow…Smart child

shes very beautiful with some touches of Ajebonism. kudos ti her🫡

She schooled in Lagos. These are the kinds of bright minds Kanu and Ekpa don't want to go to school on Mondays.

Congratulations 🎉

Brain and beauty!....nwa eji ejemba,ada dioranma.
It can only get better.

Not like the other Mmesoma that deceived her state government and wanted to defraud Jamb.

Congratulations to her 🎊

Who get her number? I might just have a Special Number to render to Her..

Nwanyi Oma!

Congratulations, baby girl

You have made your parents and country proud

Streetinvestor2:
Nothing special to this for me
That is white man language and adds not value to problem solving. Why are the white not having the same achievements in our local language. You go surprise she can't even speak igbo language fluently. To me Nothing special

Yet, you said all these in the white man language.

And one other almajirie is saying education is not important.

When the jealous speaks.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Streetinvestor2:
Nothing special to this for me
That is white man language and adds not value to problem solving. Why are the white not having the same achievements in our local language. You go surprise she can't even speak igbo language fluently. To me Nothing special

Congratulations, girl!

Make she sabi speak the igbo language fluently sha.

She is also beautiful.
Quality education should be a top priority in Nigeria because with the just recently released Jamb results, our education system is a mess & cabinet members of APC are saying EDUCATION IS NOT A MUST.

Great feat.

Streetinvestor2:
Nothing special to this for me
That is white man language and adds not value to problem solving. Why are the white not having the same achievements in our local language. You go surprise she can't even speak igbo language fluently. To me Nothing special

I feel the same.

It even feels embarrassing.

We should be talking about an African lingua franca by now, not perfecting our English.

Do you see Chinese or Indians, South Koreans, or Japanese struggling to excel in English?

They don’t care about that.

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What is wrong with Hausa/Fulani Children

Igbo and Yoruba Children are trying for Nigeria!