Category: Class of 2020

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Ife Orioke

Ifeoluwa ‘IO’ Orioke is the Chief Commercial Officer at Flutterwave which is an African-based fintech company that provides a payment infrastructure for global merchants and payment service providers.It was founded on the principle that every African must be able to participate and thrive in the global economy.Ife is also an Entrepreneur at Endeavor. Congratulations!!   …

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Gbolahan Opeodu

Gbolahan Opeodu is the Founder & Chief Executive at YEELDA.He is self-driven and commercially astute with the requisite business acumen acquired through experience in different roles over the period of a decade in solution based Equipment Leasing and Logistics. His  strong knowledge base has been developed and cuts across multiple sectors and industries such as …

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Ezinne Kwubiri

Ezinne Kwubiri is a change agent, diversity leader, innovator, and ally. She is an Alumni of Howard University’s School of Business where she majored in accounting and business strategy. It was here that Ezinne’s passion for project management and cultural development was ignited.   Ezinne’s professional career began in the financial services industry, though she …

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Emmanuel Sir Bonoko

Emmanuel Sir Bonoko is one of Africa’s most inspiring and successful social entrepreneurs, who through passion, authenticity and vision, has become a success story. A few years ago, he founded a marketing and consulting company, Ebonoko Holdings, that offers business strategy development, public relations, events management, and brand management to both SMEs and large corporations …

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Elo Umeh

Elo Umeh is the Founder and CEO at Terragon Group, a predictive MarTech service that harnesses data and analytics to help brands across Africa activate their marketing data and deliver exceptional customer experiences. In a career spanning over 15 years, he has worked in mobile and digital media across East and West Africa. He was …

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Chinwe Egwim

Chinwe Egwim is a professional Economist that has 500+ published economic notes geared towards macro, development, and financial economics. She is currently the Senior Economist at FBNQuest Merchant Bank, an arm of FBN Holdings. Chinwe was appointed as a National Consultant by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa to lead the services trade project …

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Arthell & Darnell Isom

  Arthell Isom, along with his twin brother Darnell helped to create the first major Black-owned anime studio in Tokyo, Japan.   The two teamed up with animator Henry Thurlow to create D’ART Shtajio, a 2-D animation studio based in Tokyo that focuses on producing Japanese anime that merges with Westernized culture. Darnell helps run …

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Aramide Abe

Aramide Abe is a British-Nigerian woman on a mission to influence private sector policies in Africa and to build the African startup ecosystem through her entrepreneur platform, Naija Startups – a virtual 90,000-member sector agnostic hub for small to medium-sized businesses. Trained as a computer scientist, she has a unique 15-year background in technology, marketing, …

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Alan Soares

  Alan Soares is the Founder of the Black Money Movement, Serial Entrepreneur, Trader, and Financial Educator working for more than 10 years at Trader Brasil Group. Over the past 10 years, he has been helping investors and entrepreneurs achieve their financial freedom and growth in their business. In the black money movement, the impact …

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Ainojie Alexander

A proponent of transformational leadership, Dr. Ainojie ‘Alex’ Irune has over 15 years of experience in both the oil and gas and automotive industries. He joined Oando PLC in 2011 and is currently an Executive Director on the Board as well as the Chief Operating Officer, Oando Energy Resources (OER); Africa’s leading exploration and production company …