Our OB Crush of this week is Odunayo Eweniyi, an award-winning serial tech entrepreneur who has been recognized as one of the forces to be reckoned with in Nigeria’s (fin)tech space. Straight after bagging a first-class degree in Computer Engineering from Covenant University, Odunayo and six of her friends – Somto Ifezue, Joshua Chibueze, Ayo Akinola, Ibukun Akinola, Terry Kanu,…
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Our OB Crush this week is Chioma Agwuebo, a woman using her media and technology knowledge and skills to advance women in general, and women in politics in particular. Chioma has been involved in everything from civic innovation civil society, community development, elections administration, gender, to human rights, humanitarian relief, and media development, social accountability, youth. Chioma…
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The co-founder of MAX.ng, Adetayo Bamiduro is our OB Crush this week. The techprenuer is one of the talented minds solving logistics problem in the metropolitan city of Lagos through his e-platform, Metro Africa Express. Along with his friend Chinedu Azodoh, the MIT Sloan alums, started MAX.ng (Metro Africa Express) in 2015, as a logistics company providing swift and…
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Today’s OB Crush is Carolyn Seaman, a young lady leading female empowerment in Nigeria through her platform Girls Voices initiative (GVI). Carolyn is an advocate of promoting female involvement in technology. She is the founder and creative director of the non-profit that provides a safe space for girls to connect and share stories of inspiration and motivation with…
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For this week, OB Crush, we spotlight a dynamic Nigerian in the diaspora making an impact both in Nigeria and globally. By now we all know about the hassle of sending and/or receiving money from outside the shores of Nigeria, the daunting process of filling of different forms, delay of response, charges for each transaction…
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Gone are those days when mental health was rarely a topic of discussion on any platform. But through the intervention of social media and the internet, the world has seen its prevalence among the human race and are beginning to address it, however problems still arises such as finding the right person to talk to…
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Our OB Crush of this week is one man contributing his quota to the development of Agriculture in Nigeria and Africa. Femi ‘Royal’ Aliu is a tech farmer and the founder of MyFarmBase Africa, a social enterprise which uses technology to bridge the information gap in the Agricultural sector for Agribusiness owners and farmers. They provide mainly…
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Our OB Crush for this week spotlights Tosin Durotoye, a consultant strategist and the founder of The Bloom Africa – an initiative that curates engagements and safe spaces for ambitious African women to connect, learn and grow, the within Nigeria and across Africa and the Diaspora. Most recently, Tosin served as the Director of GreenHouse Lab where she established the…
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Uche Kenneth Udekwe, a graduate of the University of Technology Akure and also an alumnus of the Enterprise Development Centre (EDC), is the Founder of Natal Care, a social enterprise with a mission to reduce maternal and infant mortality from complications of pregnancy or delivery specifically focusing on pregnant women and Nursing mothers in IDP…
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This week’s crush is none other than Tokini Peterside, the founder and director of` West Africa’s first international contemporary art fair, which she founded to widen Nigeria’s connection to the contemporary art scene in Africa and internationally, to contribute to the increased visibility of contemporary artists from Africa, and to position Lagos as an emergent…
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