Nasboi – Nominated for Music Trailblazer of the Year at the MOI Awards
Monday, 18 August 2025
Nasboi is a Nigerian entertainer who first gained fame as a comedian and skit maker but has since transitioned into music, proving his versatility and depth as a creative. Known for his humor, energy, and ability to connect with audiences, he has successfully bridged the gap between comedy and music, carving out a unique space
- Published in Music Trailblazer
Gilmore – Nominated for Content Creator of The Year Award at the MOI Awards
Monday, 18 August 2025
Gilmore is a fast-rising Nigerian TikTok creator whose energy, creativity, and humor have made him a favorite among Gen Z audiences. Known for his short, witty videos and relatable content, he has built a strong presence on TikTok, where his skits and challenges regularly go viral. In 2024, Gilmore’s content gained significant traction, pushing him
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Folagade Banks – Nominated as Content Creator of the Year Award at the MOI Awards
Monday, 18 August 2025
Folagade Banks is a Nigerian digital creator and comedian whose unique blend of Yoruba culture, relatable storytelling, and infectious humor has made him one of the most recognizable faces in the skit-making industry. With his playful yet sharp delivery, he has built a strong connection with audiences across Nigeria and the diaspora. In 2024, Folagade
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Diaryofakitchenlover – Nominated for Content Creator of the Year Award at the MOI Awards
Monday, 18 August 2025
Tolani Tayo-Osikoya, widely known by her brand name Diary of a Kitchen Lover, has redefined how Nigerians and Africans at large connect with food content. What started as a passion for documenting her cooking journey has grown into one of the continent’s most trusted and engaging culinary platforms. Her flair for combining creativity with authenticity
- Published in Content Creator of the year
Mitchell Elegbe – Nominated for Man of Steel Award at the MOI Awards
Monday, 18 August 2025
Mitchell Elegbe is a visionary leader whose work in fintech had a direct and foundational impacton the rise of digital commerce and media in Nigeria. As the founder of Interswitch, he conceptualized and built Nigeria’s first online, real-time transaction switching platform in 2002. This innovation, which enabled instant card payments and powered ATMs and POS
- Published in Man of Steel (Male Trailblazer Award)
Baby Rain – Nominated for Content Creator of the Year at the MOI Awards
Monday, 18 August 2025
Rain Olanma Oluwanifemi Afolabi, affectionately known as Baby Rain, is the daughter of renowned Nigerian comedian and content creator Lasisi Elenu (real name Nosa Afolabi) and actress Nonso Adika. Born on October 4, 2022, Rain has already captured the hearts of many fans with her charm, expressive personality, and growing media presence. Lasisi, known for
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Meshkiey- Nominated For Content Creator of the Year Award at the MOI Awards
Monday, 18 August 2025
Seyi Ademeso, widely known by the handle Meshkiey, is a Nigerian writer, video director and content strategist who creates comedic POVs and short-form narrative videos. He co-founded UDU Media (a content/production imprint) and builds scripted sketches and branded short films that reflect everyday awkwardness and modern relationships. Meshkiey’s TikTok and Instagram clips routinely gather significant
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Insight Publicis – Nominated for Creative Agency of the Year at the MOI Awards
Friday, 15 August 2025
Insight Publicis, a key member of the world’s third-largest communications group, Publicis Groupe, has long been a foundational force in the Nigerian advertising industry. The agency’s leadership, including Group CEO Dr. Tayo Oyedeji and Creative Director Esosa Osagiede, is known for a strategic approach that effectively combines global best practices with profound local insights to
- Published in Creative Agency of the year
Maya Horgan Famodu – Nominated for Young Executive to Watch Under 40 at the MOI Awards
Thursday, 14 August 2025
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 a solution to appear, she made it her mission to “be the solution”. In 2017, at the age of
- Published in Young Executive to Watch
Temie Giwa-Tubosun – Nominated for Young Executive to Watch Under 40 at the MOI Awards
Thursday, 14 August 2025
Temie Giwa-Tubosun is a visionary leader whose entrepreneurial drive is inextricably linked to a profound social purpose: saving lives. Her journey into healthtech was inspired by her own experiences and the stark contrast she observed in maternal healthcare between the United States and Nigeria. She founded LifeBank to address the critical and often deadly problem
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Mark Essien – Nominated for Young Executive to Watch Under 40 at the MOI Awards
Thursday, 14 August 2025
Mark Essien is an innovator who saw an opportunity to apply technology to a traditional industry in Nigeria. Before founding Hotels.ng in 2013, Essien had already built and sold a file-sharing software, demonstrating his entrepreneurial spirit and technical prowess. His vision for Hotels.ng was to solve a major pain point in Nigeria’s hospitality sector: the
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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji – Nominated for Young Executive to Watch Under 40 at the MOI Awards
Thursday, 14 August 2025
Iyinoluwa Aboyeji is a definitive “emerging titan” whose career has been foundational to the architecture of Nigeria’s tech ecosystem. As a serial entrepreneur, his impact is not confined to a single venture but spans multiple industries and has a multi-generational scope. He co-founded Andela, a company that achieved a billion-dollar valuation by matching top African
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Jim Ovia — Nominated for the Lifetime Achievement in Industry Leadership Award at the MOI Awards
Thursday, 14 August 2025
Jim Ovia is widely regarded as the “Godfather of Banking,” a visionary who founded Zenith Bank in 1990 during a time of economic instability and a “sorely underdeveloped business climate.” His bold vision was to build a bank that was modern, efficient, and technology-driven. Under his leadership for 20 years, Zenith grew from a startup
- Published in Lifetime Achievement in Industry Leadership
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala — Nominated for Lifetime Achievement in Industry Leadership at the MOI Awards
Sunday, 10 August 2025
Economist, reformer, and global trade leader, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s career spans two terms as Nigeria’s Finance Minister and service as Director-General of the World Trade Organisation. Her work blends public-sector reform with institution-building across global finance and trade. She has championed debt relief, macroeconomic stabilisation, and transparent public finance, while advancing initiatives that expand market
- Published in Lifetime Achievement in Industry Leadership
Femi Aluko — Nominated for Young Executive to Watch Under 40 at the MOI Awards
Sunday, 10 August 2025
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
- Published in Young Executive to Watch
Kelvin Umechukwu — Nominated for Young Executive to Watch Under 40 at the MOI Awards
Sunday, 10 August 2025
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
- Published in Young Executive to Watch
Odunayo Eweniyi — Nominated for Young Executive to Watch Under 40 at the MOI Awards
Sunday, 10 August 2025
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
- Published in Young Executive to Watch
Ossai Ifeanyi Nwabuonwu — Nominated for Young Executive to Watch Under 40 at the MOI Awards
Sunday, 10 August 2025
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
- Published in Young Executive to Watch
Blessing Abeng — Nominated for Young Executive to Watch Under 40 at the MOI Awards
Sunday, 10 August 2025
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
Sunday, 10 August 2025
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
- Published in Young Executive to Watch