Joel Tiago aka 'O Empresário Jovem' (The Young Entrepreneur) is a prolific Christian in LoveWorld Inc., a Regional Leader in the GYLF, an International Translator, a FALA winner, an Entrepreneur, an AI-Based Software Developer, and great Innovator. He is a Technologist in Systems Analysis and Development and thus believes that tech exists to make man king and that the world will be changed by the word of God and developed with digital transformation.
He is a self-motivated youth leader with a drive to see young people maximize their potential and become successful in life. He endured early beginnings as a refugee and thus developed a passion for reaching out to similar at-risk youth and seeing them succeed despite their temporary circumstances. He discovered his leadership potential very young as he lead young people from his secondary school in Osire Boys and Girls Club for his distinction in academic excellence and he was hand-picked and trained by Phillipi Trust Namibia where he met leaders from the UK, and USA, South Africa, and Namibia. He joined Christ Embassy as a teenager, filled with the Holy Spirit.
Yet as a teenager, he opened a teen club at school and within a time he became the teens coordinator in Angola. In 2014 he was admitted to Gregório Semedo University and he was appointed as the Angola Campus Ministry Country Coordinator through his exemplary leadership and focus on youth empowerment and education he won the Future Africa Leaders Awards in 2016 - 2017 the same year that he was promoted by the CEO of LoveWorld Inc. to be the Global Youth Leaders Forum Regional Leader for the Portuguese Speaking Countries till date (including Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Guinea Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, & São Tomé and Príncipe). In 2011 he registered his first business in Namibia although he had been doing business as a teenager and grew and spread to Angola, Mozambique, Brazil, South Africa, Portugal, and Nigeria, now holding more than 5 firms.
After joining The Technical University of Angola - UTANGA in the course of Language and Literature he fueled his God-given gift of translating which brought him to work with renowned organizations such as the UN, the American Institute of Research, The Government of Angola, and many others and got an International recognition from AAN Pakistan. Due to lots of tech needs in church work he further entered the AIEC Faculty in the course of Technologist in Systems Analysis and Development, this propelled him to open Mundo WeConnect a firm that transforms traditional businesses into e-business. He strongly believes that Technology exists to make man KING and therefore in his quest for easy and fast solutions he became passionate about Artificial Intelligence and decided to prefer AI-based Services for Development rather than custom development as an AI enthusiast he thinks about building his own AI. Joel Tiago Surely is an Innovator and some of his biggest innovations are DTAIOTI.Space, Rei Linguas, and FALA TUDO. Joel Tiago is currently undergoing Pastoral Training for church work in Brazil. To be continued...