When it come to Tech Start up, Africa is not left out because we can boost of some handful individuals who have demonstrated effective management capabilities, defined the local ecosystem, set its pace, and have remained relevant in the fast evolving space. Country like Nigeria have made a head way in several Tech innovations and start up in which some have been successfully launched.
Below are list of Top 10 Tech CEOs you need to know From Nigeria.
1 Mike Adenuga — Globacom
i know most of us are very familiar with Mike Adenuga, most especially if you come across this article as a Nigerian. when we hear Mike Adenuga we immediately "THINK GLO" and get a memory flash of a Green Logo with "GLO " written on it. Mike is the second Richest Man in Nigeria and currently the second richest man in Africa, with net worth of $4.6 billion, Mike Adenuga is the founder of Globacom.
Globacom company was registered as the fourth mobile operator in Nigeria 2003, and swiftly rose above other telecoms company in Nigeria to battle with MTN. It has been credited with driving down the cost of telecommunication services in the country and made its service affordable to common man.
Glo is also the very first company to roll out the submarine fibre optic cable from the UK. The project cost more than $800 million.
2 Leonard Stanley Nnamdi Ekeh — Zinox Technologies
Leo Stan Ekeh founder Zinox Technologies Limited in year 2001 as a means to fill the gap of manufacturing computers locally. Zinox is Nigeria’s first internationally certified brand of locally made computers.
Leonard Stanley first company, Task Systems Limited, computerized 95 percent of the print media, publishing houses and advertising agencies in Nigeria, winning several industry awards.
3 Funke Opeke — Mainstreet Technologies
Funke is the CEO and founder of the MainOne Cable Company. A former Executive Director at Verizon Communications Wholesale Division in United State. She later moved to Nigeria to work as the Chief Technical Officer at MTN Nigeria Communications (MTN). She also play a role for Transcorp on the acquisition of NITEL (Nigerian Telecommunications Limited) and briefly served as the interim Chief Operating Officer, post-acquisition of NITEL.
She also founded Mainstreet Technologies, developer of MainOne Cable, a submarine communications cable stretching from Portugal to South Africa with landings along the route in Lagos, Nigeria. and Accra, Ghana.
4 Nnamdi Ezeigbo — Slot Systems
A man with a good humble beginning. Nnamdi Ezeigbo is the founder and CEO, Slots Nigeria, one of Nigeria’s Largest phones and gadget outlets Nigeria.
A holder a BSc. in Computer Science. Nnamdi started from a small space in Lagos-Ikeja computer village in 1998 as a sales and maintenance company for computers, electronic gadgets and other computer accessories. Slot pioneered GSM sales in Nigeria and currently has its head office in Lagos with 20 branches nationwide and still Counting.
5 Ayodeji Adewunmi — Jobberman
Ayodeji Adewunmi is the CEO of Jobberman, a company he co-founded in 2009 while still in university.
He holds a BSc. in Medicine & Surgery from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria.
Jobberman is the leading employment websites in Nigeria and Ghana and has become one of the most recognised internet brands in Nigeria and Jobberman rated as one of the most innovative technology companies in Africa.
6 Mitchell Elegbe — Interswitch
Mitchell Elegbe used to lead the group marketing and business solution at Telnet Nigeria back in 2001. It was there he able to develop the idea to build a system that will enable electronic transaction. A year later, He founded Interswitch.
Today, Interswitch not only has the infrastructure for online, real-time transaction switching and payment processing, its shared infrastructure has been adopted by banks, government agencies and corporate organizations to accelerate growth while reducing cost of operations.
7 Jason Njoku — iRoko Partners
iRoko Partners is an African focused media streaming platform known for its innovative thinking in exploiting a previously unexplored market. Jason is the co-founder of iROKO Partners, which started in December 2010 when Jason, a chemistry graduate from the University of Manchester, couldn’t find any Nollywood movies online for his mother. He identified a huge gap in the delivery of local content online and founded the company with Bastian Gotter in 2010. iROKOtv reached 500,000 registered users within 6 months of it’s launch.
Today iROKO is the largest Youtube partner in Africa, with over 500,000 movie licenses purchased. It has over 14 million hours of media content on its license rights and more than 800,000 registered users, making it the largest distributor of Nollywood content globally... iRoko for Life...
8 Sim Shagaya — Konga
Nigeria’s e-commerce frontrunner, Konga is just one of the many startups Sim is involved with. Sim is a serial entrepreneur and a vastly experienced tech professional, with over 10 years experience in new media and investment banking. Sim has worked at Google, Microstrategy and RealNetworks.
After Jumia, Konga is the next big thing that happen to Nigeria and Africa in whole.
9 Valentine Obi — eTranzact
Valentine Obi a vastly experienced IT professional, is the founder and CEO of eTranzact, a local multi-application and multi-channel electronic transaction switching and payment processing platform. Launched in 2003, it has evolved into a multinational brand, rolling out products in 6 other countries including Zimbabwe, Kenya, South Africa, Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire and United Kingdom.
eTranzact is a publicly quoted company on the Nigerian Stock Exchange with a fully paid up capital of 4.2 billion shares.
10 Tayo Oviosu — Paga
Tayo is the founder of Paga, a Nigerian mobile money operator. He founded paga early 2009 and presently has over a million subscribers utilizing its mobile money services for daily transactions. Tayo Oviosu is a Stanford-trained professional and former business development manager at CISCO.
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