Ossai Ifeanyi Nwabuonwu — Nominated for Young Executive to Watch Under 40 at the MOI Awards

Ossai Ifeanyi Nwabuonwu — Nominated for Young Executive to Watch Under 40 at the MOI Awards

Ossai co-founded CribMD in 2020 to deliver subscription telemedicine and doctor house calls, supporting families and SMEs with accessible primary care. The company raised a multi-million-dollar seed round to expand product and team. CribMD’s model blends virtual care with home visits, an approach spotlighted by regional tech media and sector events as it works to
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Blessing Abeng — Nominated for Young Executive to Watch Under 40 at the MOI Awards

Blessing Abeng — Nominated for Young Executive to Watch Under 40 at the MOI Awards

Co-founder and Director of Communications at Ingressive for Good (I4G), Blessing Abeng drives programs that increase the earning power of African youth through tech training, scholarships, and partnerships with global platforms. She previously co-founded Disha, which was later acquired by Flutterwave. I4G’s mission targets training 1 million youths and connecting thousands to jobs; independent coverage
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Kennedy Ekezie-Joseph — Nominated for Young Executive to Watch Under 40 at the MOI Awards

Kennedy Ekezie-Joseph — Nominated for Young Executive to Watch Under 40 at the MOI Awards

Kennedy co-founded Kippa to help MSMEs digitise bookkeeping and back-office finance, earning Forbes 30 Under 30 recognition and positioning him among Nigeria’s most visible Gen-Z founders. Like many fintechs, Kippa has navigated hard market turns, shuttering KippaPay and facing app discontinuation, yet the founder has stayed publicly engaged on entrepreneurship and identity, modelling resilience and
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Orondaam Otto — Nominated for Young Executive to Watch (Under 35) at the MOI Awards

Orondaam Otto — Nominated for Young Executive to Watch Under 40 at the MOI Awards

Orondaam Otto founded Slum2School Africa in 2012, growing it into a volunteer-driven education nonprofit that builds learning centres, STEM labs, and provides psychosocial support across hundreds of underserved communities. Global platforms have profiled the organisation’s reach to hundreds of thousands of children, and Otto was named to the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders Class
Tiwalola Olanubi Jnr. — Nominated for Young Executive to Watch (Under 35) at the MOI Awards

Tiwalola Olanubi Jnr. — Nominated for Young Executive to Watch (Under 50) at the MOI Awards

Founder & Group CEO of Dotts Media House, Tiwalola built one of Nigeria’s prominent influencer-marketing outfits and created Trendupp Africa—the platform behind the pan-African Trendupp Awards for digital creators. The awards’ fifth edition was held in 2025, reflecting sustained industry relevance. His ecosystem work includes the Nigerian Influencer Marketing Report and creator programs run through
Adebola Williams — Nominated for Young Executive to Watch (Under 35) at the MOI Awards

Adebola Williams — Nominated for Young Executive to Watch (Under 50) at the MOI Awards

Adebola Williams co-founded RED | For Africa and helped build one of the continent’s most recognisable youth-focused media portfolios—home to Red Media Africa, YNaija, StateCraft Inc., and The Future Awards Africa. He led the group for years before handing the baton to a successor in 2022. Beyond media, Williams’ career bridges advocacy and political communications;