Anthony Alfred Fakah was born on May 16, in Plateau hospital, Plateau state, Nigeria and then baptized in St Theresa’s Catholic Church, Jos, Nigeria.

He started his primary school education at Sunshine Private school and graduated from Rantya Model school. He later attended St Joseph’s college (CSJ) Vom and then finished his Secondary school education at Zang Commercial college Plateau state, Nigeria in 1997. He participated in sports, clubs and church bands and was known as an excellent and gifted drummer from a very early age. 

After secondary school, Tony attended Ahmadu Bello University (A.B.U) Zaria, Nigeria,where he earned an undergraduate degree in Physics in 2005. He then proceeded for his National Youth Service in Ondo State. But his continuing education did not stop there. In 2016, Tony earned an MBA in Leadership and Sustainability from the University of Cumbria, United Kingdom.

Tony Fakah had a lot of experience that helped him in his career.  He was employed with Phase 3 Telecoms Ltd in Nigeria from 2008 to 2018 where he rose through the ranks from the position of NOC to Field & Transmission Engineer to become Manager Technical Specialities and Results.

While working, Tony advanced in his career and earned several merits and trainings which include Huawei Certified Level 3 Datacom Solutions and Services, Huawei Certified IP/MPLS Datacom Solutions, Troubleshooting and Resolutions, Certified Managerial Assessment Proficiency (MAP) Practitioner, Cisco Certified Networking Associate, Cisco Certified Inter-networking Expert CacIE-RS written amongst others. 

He moved to Canada and worked as a Telecoms Administrator in Carefor Health and Community Services from April 2020 until he passed. He was also enrolled in a Cyber Security Programme with Willis College, Canada from 2020 until he passed.

Tony had many interests which included music, watching soccer, driving, meeting new people, photography and binge watching his favourite TV shows. He loved beautiful things and never settled for anything that was less than the best. He also loved to travel and had hoped to explore the world with his wife.

He got married to his beautiful wife Kyola Jummai Dyeris on May 25, 2013. He is survived by his wife, lovely children, mother, father, and sisters.