Temie Giwa-Tubosun- Nominated For Entrepreneur Of The Year Award at the MOI Awards
Friday, 05 September 2025
Temie Giwa-Tubosun (née Oluwaloni Olamide Giwa), born in December 1985 in Ila-Orangun, Osun State, Nigeria, is a visionary Nigerian-American health entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of LifeBank, a groundbreaking health-tech enterprise that delivers essential medical supplies across Africa. Her early upbringing in Ila, Ilesha, and Ibadan was deeply influenced by her family’s academic orientation.
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Tunde Onakoya – Nominated for Entrepreneur of the Year Award at MOI Awards 2025
Thursday, 04 September 2025
Tunde Onakoya has redefined what it means to be an entrepreneur by building a social enterprise that transforms lives at the grassroots. As the founder of Chess in Slums Africa, he took an unconventional idea using chess as a tool for education, empowerment, and social mobility and turned it into a thriving movement that has
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Dr. Elikem Tamaklo – Nominated for Entrepreneur of The Year
Wednesday, 03 September 2025
Dr. Elikem Tamaklo, Managing Director of Nyaho Medical Centre in Ghana, is redefining healthcare delivery in West Africa through visionary leadership and innovation. A trained medical doctor turned health entrepreneur, he has transformed Nyaho from a respected family-owned clinic into one of the region’s most advanced, patient-centered healthcare institutions. Since assuming leadership, Dr. Tamaklo has
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Mitchelle Elegbe – Nominated for Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the MOI Awards
Wednesday, 03 September 2025
Mitchell Elegbe, founder and Group Managing Director of Interswitch, is a trailblazer whose vision transformed the way Nigerians interact with money. Long before digital payments became mainstream, Elegbe recognized the inefficiencies in cash-based systems and set out to create a platform that would make financial transactions seamless, secure, and accessible. His brainchild, Interswitch, has since
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Odunayo Eweniyi- Nominated For Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the MOI Awards
Tuesday, 02 September 2025
Odunayo Eweniyi is a pioneering Nigerian tech entrepreneur and social impact leader who has become one of the most influential voices in Africa’s fintech and advocacy space. She is the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of PiggyVest, the continent’s foremost digital savings and investment platform, which has revolutionized how millions of Nigerians plan, save, and
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Foued Khalfaoui – Nominated for Entrepreneur of the Year Award for the MOI Awards
Saturday, 30 August 2025
When Foued Khalfaoui launched Aqwa Studies in 2023, he wasn’t chasing hype or headlines. He was responding to a global gap. From his early days speaking with overlooked researchers and frustrated policymakers, Khalfaoui saw a pattern – brilliant minds sidelined, and organisations forced to operate in silos. That tension became his mission. What began as
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Olugbenga Agboola – Nominated for Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the MOI Awards
Thursday, 28 August 2025
Olugbenga Agboola, fondly known as GB, has become one of the most influential figures in Africa’s tech and fintech space. As the Co-founder and CEO of Flutterwave, he has built a payment infrastructure that powers businesses of all sizes from small merchants in Lagos to global giants expanding into Africa. What makes GB stand out
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Oluwatosin Olaseinde – Nominated for Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the MOI Awards
Thursday, 28 August 2025
Oluwatosin Olaseinde is redefining what financial literacy means for Africans. As the founder of Money Africa and Ladda, she has built platforms that empower individuals to take control of their finances teaching everything from saving and investing to wealth-building in practical, relatable ways. Her journey started with a simple but powerful mission: to bridge the
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Shola Akinlade – Nominated for Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the MOI Awards
Thursday, 28 August 2025
Shola Akinlade, co-founder of Paystack, has become one of the most influential names in Africa’s tech ecosystem. What began as a bold idea to simplify online payments in Nigeria has grown into a company that powers thousands of businesses across the continent. His vision was simple yet powerful: to make it easy for anyone to
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Chijioke Dozie – Nominated for Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the MOI Awards
Thursday, 28 August 2025
Chijioke Dozie, co-founder of Carbon, is one of the visionary entrepreneurs shaping the future of digital finance in Africa. Alongside his brother, Ngozi Dozie, he set out to solve a problem many Nigerians faced daily access to quick, reliable, and transparent financial services. What started as a simple lending solution has since grown into one
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Nelly Agbogu – Nominated for Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the MOI Awards
Thursday, 28 August 2025
Nelly Agbogu, popularly known as NaijaBrandChick, has carved out a powerful space in Nigeria’s entrepreneurial and digital ecosystem. What began as a simple passion for helping small businesses gain visibility on social media has grown into one of the most recognized business support brands in Africa. Through her platforms, Nelly has empowered thousands of entrepreneurs
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Chief Innocent Ifediaso Chukwuma – Nominated for Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the MOI Awards
Wednesday, 27 August 2025
Chief Innocent Ifediaso Chukwuma, popularly known as Innoson, is a trailblazing Nigerian industrialist and the founder of Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing (IVM), Africa’s first indigenous car manufacturing company. From humble beginnings in Nnewi, Anambra State, where he started out trading spare parts, Chief Chukwuma transformed his vision into a legacy by building a company that produces
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Uka Eje – Nominated For Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the MOI Awards
Wednesday, 27 August 2025
Uka Eje is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of ThriveAgric, a leading agritech company that leverages technology to transform smallholder farming in Africa. Through his leadership, ThriveAgric has built a robust platform that provides farmers with access to finance, modern inputs, agronomic support, and structured markets for their produce. His vision has enabled the
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Seyi Vodi – Nominated for Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the MOI Awards
Wednesday, 27 August 2025
Seyi Adekunle, widely known as Seyi Vodi, is a celebrated Nigerian entrepreneur whose name has become synonymous with excellence in bespoke fashion. From starting small as a young tailor to building Vodi Tailors into one of Africa’s most sought-after fashion brands, Seyi’s story is one of perseverance, creativity, and entrepreneurial grit. Vodi Tailors has grown
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Somtochukwu Ifezue – Nominated for Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the MOI Awards
Wednesday, 27 August 2025
Somto’s journey is proof that when innovation meets resilience, transformative businesses emerge. What began as a simple idea to help young Nigerians cultivate financial discipline has evolved into a full-scale fintech powerhouse that empowers individuals to save consistently, invest smartly, and build financial independence. Beyond business metrics, Somto has become a beacon of possibility for
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Femi Aluko – Nominated for Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the MOI Awards
Wednesday, 27 August 2025
Femi Aluko is one name that always comes up. The co-founder of Chowdeck, Femi has taken something as simple as food delivery and turned it into a service millions of people now can’t do without. His journey didn’t start with Chowdeck, though. Femi first made his mark at Paystack, where he worked on building technology
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Ifedayo Durosinmi-Etti – Nominated for Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the MOI Awards
Wednesday, 27 August 2025
Ifedayo Durosinmi-Etti is a trailblazing entrepreneur who is redefining what it means to build for women in Africa. As the Founder and CEO of Herconomy, Nigeria’s first women-focused fintech company, she has created a thriving community and financial platform that empowers women with access to savings, investment, and career opportunities. Her journey began with a
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Basil David Anthony- Nominated For Entrepreneur Of the Year Award at the MOI Awards
Thursday, 21 August 2025
Basil David Anthony is a resilient and visionary entrepreneur who has built a successful brandwith a global footprint. He founded Modern Floors in 2017 with a mission to wholesale and retail high-quality, affordable indoor and outdoor flooring products. Under his leadership, the company has achieved remarkable results, expanding its brand to more than 10 countries
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Sangu Delle- Nominated for Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the MOI Awards
Thursday, 21 August 2025
Sangu Delle is a visionary entrepreneur whose work is having a dual impact in both investmentand healthtech. As the founder of Golden Palm Investments Corporation (GPI), he hassuccessfully backed notable African startups, including Andela, mPharma, and Flutterwave. This positions him as a key figure in the funding ecosystem, demonstrating a results-driven mindsetthat helps to scale
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Moses K. Baiden Jnr- Nominated for Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the MOI Awards
Thursday, 21 August 2025
Moses K. Baiden Jnr is a resilient and results-driven entrepreneur who has demonstrated a boldvision for using technology to build secure identity solutions. He began his entrepreneurial journey with a $100 investment in his first year of law school and, over three decades, turned it into a multi-million dollar corporation. Under his leadership, Margins ID
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