Michael Onyeachor – Nominated for Young Executive to Watch Under 40 at the MOI Awards

Michael Onyeachor – Nominated for Young Executive to Watch Under 40 at the MOI Awards

Michael Onyeachor is the co-founder of Besitz Group, a forward-thinking investment and real estate company that is redefining how Nigerians approach wealth creation and property development. With a clear vision to make premium real estate more accessible, he has helped position Besitz Group as one of the most trusted and innovative players in the industry.
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Miracle Olatunji - Nominated for Young Executive to Watch Under 35

Miracle Olatunji – Nominated for Young Executive to Watch Under 40 at the MOI Awards

Miracle Olatunji is the founder of OpportuniMe, a groundbreaking platform that connects young people with life-changing opportunities in education, career development, and entrepreneurship. With a vision to close the gap between potential and access, she built OpportuniMe as a bridge that equips youth with the resources, mentorship, and networks they need to thrive in an
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Christiana Okere - Nominated for Young Executive to Watch Under 35

Christiana Okere – Nominated for Young Executive to Watch Under 35

Christiana Okere is the co-founder of myStash, a fast-growing fintech platform that empowers Nigerians to save and manage money with ease. Built around the idea of making savings simple and rewarding, myStash has gained traction among young professionals, students, and entrepreneurs who are seeking smarter ways to secure their financial future. With her leadership, the
Esther Kimani - Nominated for Young Executive to Watch Under 35

Esther Kimani – Nominated for Young Executive to Watch Under 35

Esther Kimani is a Kenyan entrepreneur and agritech innovator whose work is transforming how smallholder farmers protect and maximize their yields. As the co-founder and CEO of Farmer Lifeline Technologies, she has developed groundbreaking, AI-powered pest and crop disease detection tools that give farmers real-time insights and solutions. By combining accessible technology with deep agricultural
George Imafidon - Nominated for Young Executive to Watch Under 35

George Imafidon – Nominated for Young Executive to Watch Under 35

George Imafidon is an award-winning social entrepreneur, engineer, and advocate for equity in technology and sustainability. As the CEO and co-founder of Motivez, a youth-led organization empowering young people from underrepresented communities to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), he has become a powerful voice for opportunity and inclusion. A first-class engineer
Muyiwa Awoniyi - Nominated for Young Executive to Watch Under 35

Muyiwa Awoniyi – Nominated for Young Executive to Watch Under 35

Muyiwa Awoniyi is a dynamic entrepreneur, talent manager, and culture shaper who has become one of the most influential figures in Africa’s creative and entertainment industries. Best known as the co-founder of The Plug, a management and lifestyle company, and manager to Grammy-winning artist Tems, he has built a reputation for spotting talent early and
Oluwatobi Ajayi - Nominated for Young Executive to Watch Under 35

Oluwatobi Ajayi – Nominated for Young Executive to Watch Under 35

Oluwatobi Ajayi is a visionary entrepreneur and co-founder of Nord Automobiles Limited, Nigeria’s pioneering indigenous automobile brand. With a mission to make reliable, affordable, and locally manufactured vehicles accessible to Nigerians, he has positioned Nord as a bold symbol of innovation and industrial advancement in Africa’s automotive sector. Before establishing Nord, Oluwatobi built a strong
Mariam Afolabi - Nominated for Young Executive to Watch Under 35

Mariam Afolabi – Nominated for Young Executive to Watch Under 35

Mariam Afolabi is a dynamic entrepreneur, lawyer, and creative leader who has carved a niche for herself at the intersection of business, fashion, and philanthropy. As the founder of The Luxury Lifestyle Market (TLLM) and CEO of Ziva Lagos, a contemporary African fashion brand, she has built ventures that celebrate culture while championing excellence and
Ayobami Akindipe - Nominated for Young Executive to Watch Under 50

Ayobami Akindipe – Nominated for Young Executive to Watch Under 35

Ayobami Akindipe is a rising force in Africa’s real estate and investment space, known for his sharp business acumen and visionary approach to wealth creation. As the Founder and CEO of Ace Real Estate Development Ltd, he has built one of Nigeria’s fastest-growing property development companies, redefining how young people engage with real estate as
Maya Horgan Famodu - Nominated for Young Executive to Watch Under 50

Maya Horgan Famodu – Nominated for Young Executive to Watch Under 50

Maya Horgan Famodu is a foundational architect of Nigeria’s tech funding ecosystem. ANigerian-American entrepreneur, her visionary journey began when she observed the significantchallenges her friends faced in securing funding for their businesses. Instead of waiting for asolution to appear, she made it her mission to “be the solution”. In 2017, at the age of 25,
Temie Giwa-Tubosun - Nominated for Young Executive to Watch Under 50

Temie Giwa-Tubosun – Nominated for Young Executive to Watch Under 50

Temie Giwa-Tubosun is a visionary leader whose entrepreneurial drive is inextricably linked to aprofound social purpose: saving lives. Her journey into healthtech was inspired by her ownexperiences and the stark contrast she observed in maternal healthcare between the United Statesand Nigeria. She founded LifeBank to address the critical and often deadly problem of bloodshortages and
Mark Essie - Nominated for Young Executive to Watch Under 50

Mark Essien – Nominated for Young Executive to Watch Under 50

Mark Essien is an innovator who saw an opportunity to apply technology to a traditional industryin Nigeria. Before founding Hotels.ng in 2013, Essien had already built and sold a file-sharingsoftware, demonstrating his entrepreneurial spirit and technical prowess. His vision for Hotels.ngwas to solve a major pain point in Nigeria’s hospitality sector: the “walk-in culture” and
Iyinoluwa Aboyeji- Nominated for Young Executive to Watch Under 50

Iyinoluwa Aboyeji – Nominated for Young Executive to Watch Under 50

Iyinoluwa Aboyeji is a definitive “emerging titan” whose career has been foundational to thearchitecture of Nigeria’s tech ecosystem. As a serial entrepreneur, his impact is not confined to asingle venture but spans multiple industries and has a multi-generational scope. He co-foundedAndela, a company that achieved a billion-dollar valuation by matching top African engineeringtalent with global

Odunayo Eweniyi – Nominated for Young Executive to Watch Under 50

Odunayo Eweniyi’s career is a testament to the power of combining a deep understanding oflocal culture with technological innovation. Her visionary concept for PiggyVest was born fromthe observation that many Nigerians were still using traditional, offline wooden boxes known as“Kolos” to save money. Recognizing this deep-seated habit, she and her co-founders, SomtoIfezue and Joshua Chibueze,
Femi Aluko — Nominated for Young Executive to Watch (Under 35) at the MOI Awards

Femi Aluko — Nominated for Young Executive to Watch (Under 50) at the MOI Awards

Ex-Paystack principal engineer Femi Aluko co-founded Chowdeck and, in 2024, secured a multi-million-dollar seed round to scale on-demand delivery—then pushed into POS/restaurant tech with a 2025 acquisition of Mira. Operationally, Chowdeck has reported crossing tens of billions of naira in deliveries and, three months after launching in Accra, surpassed 1,000 daily orders—rare momentum in a
Kelvin Umechukwu — Nominated for Young Executive to Watch (Under 35) at the MOI Awards

Kelvin Umechukwu — Nominated for Young Executive to Watch (Under 50) at the MOI Awards

Kelvin is co-founder & CEO of Bumpa, a mobile-first commerce OS for African SMEs. Bumpa has raised venture funding and integrates directly with Meta to let merchants sell, invoice, and manage orders from one place. The platform keeps shipping—product education, partnerships, and an acquisition (Fyyne) to expand into new markets—all in service of getting more
Odunayo Eweniyi — Nominated for Young Executive to Watch (Under 35) at the MOI Awards

Odunayo Eweniyi — Nominated for Young Executive to Watch (Under 50) at the MOI Awards

As co-founder & COO of PiggyVest, Odunayo Eweniyi helped build one of Nigeria’s largest consumer fintech platforms—crossing millions of customers and paying out hundreds of billions of naira to users in 2024. She’s also a TIME100 Next and Bloomberg 50 alum for broader social impact. Beyond product scale, she co-founded FirstCheck Africa to back female
Ossai Ifeanyi Nwabuonwu — Nominated for Young Executive to Watch (Under 35) at the MOI Awards

Ossai Ifeanyi Nwabuonwu — Nominated for Young Executive to Watch (Under 50) 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 reduce friction
Blessing Abeng — Nominated for Young Executive to Watch (Under 35) at the MOI Awards

Blessing Abeng — Nominated for Young Executive to Watch (Under 50) 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
Kennedy Ekezie-Joseph — Nominated for Young Executive to Watch (Under 35) at the MOI Awards

Kennedy Ekezie-Joseph — Nominated for Young Executive to Watch (Under 50) 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 openness in