Cicero.
Aniude Chidera Godswill Eric
11+
live systems
15k+
people served
5+
years building
“The name Cicero was not given to me — it was earned. Because I believe the most powerful thing a person can do is speak clearly, build honestly, and leave something behind that outlasts them.”
— Chidera Eric · Cicero
Know Your Money
A personal finance system focused on clarity, not noise.
Built for Trust
Income, spending, and financial health are presented in a way ordinary users can act on.
Young Founder Energy
Fast execution with the discipline of production systems and long-term maintenance.
The Story
From Intern to
Infrastructure.
“Every system I have ever built began with a single conviction: that ordinary Nigerians deserve extraordinary tools.”
I am Chidera. Most people who know me well call me Cicero — a name that found me somewhere between the code, the civic work, and the countless late nights spent building things I believed the world needed. Cicero the Roman was famous for his oratory, his sense of justice, and his refusal to let the powerful ignore the people. I like to think I carry a little of that.
My journey in technology started simply: a young man from Enugu, full of curiosity and very little else, who walked into Educare as an intern at 20 and met a version of himself he hadn't known was possible. I learned quickly that software is not abstract — it lands on real people, in real schools, in real lives. That responsibility never left me.
“The greatest lesson I ever learned in tech is this: if a grandmother in a rural community cannot use what you built, you haven't finished building it yet.”
By the time I founded Vercura Systems, I had already led teams, shipped products serving thousands, and seen firsthand where Nigeria's digital infrastructure was failing the people it was supposed to serve. I didn't start a company to chase contracts. I started it because someone had to build these systems — properly — and I had both the skills and the conscience to do it.
Today, Vercura powers a sitting Senator's digital platform, runs exam infrastructure for thousands of students across the Enugu West Senatorial District, and hosts election intelligence tools designed to make democracy more transparent. Not because it's lucrative. Because it matters.
“I am most at peace when a system I built is quietly doing its job for someone who will never know my name. That anonymity is the highest praise.”
Outside of code, I serve as Senate Representative for Enugu West, run the Ngwo Mathematics Olympiad for young students, and lead a youth education initiative I hope will one day change the conversation about what kids from this part of Nigeria believe they can become.
I am Cicero. I build things. I advocate for people. And I am only getting started.
How I Build
The Principles Behind
Every Line of Code.
Systems Must Outlive Their Builder
I am not interested in building systems that only work while I am watching them. A well-engineered platform should run cleanly long after the engineer has moved on.
“Build as if you won't be there to fix it. Because one day, you won't be.”
Clarity Is the Ultimate Sophistication
The smartest solution is often the simplest one. I have seen brilliant engineers break organisations with complexity that served no one. Real genius is making the hard thing feel easy.
“If you can't explain what your system does to a ten-year-old, you don't understand it yourself.”
Technology Is a Civic Responsibility
In Nigeria, a working school portal is not a luxury — it is a lifeline. A functioning election monitoring tool is not a feature — it is democracy. I build with that weight fully on my shoulders.
“Every system I ship is a vote for the kind of Nigeria I want to live in.”
Career Journey
Five Years of Building
Something Real.
Age 20
The Beginning — Intern at Educare
Walked in with curiosity and not much else. Alex Onyia and the Educare team gave me my first real look at what technology could do for education in Nigeria. It changed everything. I was the least experienced person in the room — and I made a quiet promise to myself to become someone worth listening to.
“Every master was once a disaster. The trick is to stay in the room long enough to become useful.”
Education Tech · InternAge 21
Junior Developer — Led a Team of 5
Found myself in a leadership role before I felt ready for it — which turned out to be exactly when I needed it. I learned that leading people is harder than leading code, and far more rewarding. Managed five interns while still figuring out my own craft. I made mistakes. I owned them. We shipped anyway.
“Leadership is not about having all the answers. It's about making sure the team keeps asking the right questions.”
Team LeadershipAge 22
Support Engineer — 30% Satisfaction Improvement
This was the year I learned humility. Support engineering means sitting with users who are frustrated, confused, or let down by something you built. It taught me to listen before I type. That 30% improvement wasn't a metric — it was a sign that people finally felt heard.
“The best product feedback doesn't come from dashboards. It comes from a user who trusted you enough to tell you the truth.”
Client Success · User EmpathyAge 23
Full-Stack Developer — 10,000+ Users
The year everything got serious. Shipping systems at scale means every decision has consequences — for real people, real data, real livelihoods. I stopped thinking like a developer and started thinking like an engineer. 10,000 users is not a number. It's 10,000 people trusting you not to drop the ball.
“Scale is not a milestone. It's a mirror that shows you every shortcut you ever took.”
Full-Stack · Scale · ProductionAge 24
Founded Vercura Systems
The hardest and best decision of my life. I had seen enough of what was missing in Nigeria's digital infrastructure to know someone needed to build it properly. I decided that someone was going to be me. Vercura was not born out of ambition. It was born out of necessity — and a deep love for this country and what it could become.
“Don't wait for the perfect moment. Build the thing, then make it perfect.”
Vercura Founded · Cloud ArchitectureAge 25
Government & Civic Platforms — Senator Portal & Bastion
The year Vercura stepped into its purpose. We launched the Senator Osita Ngwu digital platform — a real legislative portal for a real Senator — and Bastion, Nigeria's election intelligence system. These weren't just client projects. They were a statement: that Nigerian institutions deserve world-class digital infrastructure, and that it can be built right here, by us.
“When you build for democracy, every line of code is an act of patriotism.”
Government Tech · Civic · Election IntelligenceBeyond the Code
Serving Community
Is Not a Side Project.
For Cicero, technology and civic service are not separate lives — they are the same calling, expressed in different languages.
Senate Representative — Enugu West
Holds a Senate representative role for Enugu West, bridging technology, policy, and the real needs of the communities I grew up in.
“Governance without technology is tradition. Technology without governance is chaos. I live in the space between.”
Ngwo Mathematics Olympiad
Built and deployed the Ngwo Mathematics Olympiad platform pro bono for the Henrietta Nwabuisi Nnadi Foundation — a free tool to find and celebrate mathematical talent in young people who are rarely given a stage to shine on.
“A child who discovers they are good at something important will never see themselves the same way again.”
Youth Education Initiative
Leads a structured STEM and digital education programme for young people in Enugu State — building the pipeline of builders Nigeria needs next.
“The best investment I can make in this country is in a twelve-year-old who hasn't yet been told what they cannot do.”
Civic Technology Advocate
Through Bastion and the Senator Ngwu portal, actively pushing for a Nigeria where democratic processes are transparent, accessible, and trusted.
“Democracy doesn't fail because people stop caring. It fails because the tools of participation are too hard to use.”
A Word of Gratitude —
Thank You, Alex Onyia.
There are people in your life who arrive at exactly the right moment — not by accident, but by a grace you only recognise in hindsight. For me, Alex Onyia is one of those people.
When I walked into Educare as a 20-year-old intern with more questions than answers, Alex didn't just give me tasks — he gave me space to grow. He saw something in a young man from Enugu that I was still learning to see in myself: the capacity to build things that truly mattered.
The environment he created at Educare was not just a workplace — it was a proving ground. A place where curiosity was rewarded, where mistakes were treated as lessons, and where the mission — using technology to improve education in Nigeria — was something you could actually feel every day.
Everything I know about building technology with integrity, about serving users with patience, and about leading teams with humanity — has its roots in what I first witnessed at Educare. Alex Onyia planted a seed. Vercura Systems is, in many ways, that seed fully grown.
I am publicly and unashamedly grateful. The world needs more builders like him — and I hope that in some small way, the work I do today honours the foundation he helped me build.
Ready to Build Together?
Let’s Create Something
Worth Remembering.
Whether you need a new platform, a better system, or just an honest conversation about what your organisation actually needs —
“My door is always open. The best projects I’ve ever worked on started with a simple conversation.”