Few Nigerian founders have built a company that now operates on several continents and runs self-driving cars with Waymo. This Ladi Delano biography follows a British-born Nigerian entrepreneur who made his first fortune selling a vodka brand in China, then invested in Nigerian infrastructure and advertising before co-founding Moove, a mobility company that finances vehicles … Read more
Adaora Mbelu is a Nigerian entrepreneur, brand strategist, storyteller and creative business leader whose work connects media, culture, education and entrepreneurship. Known professionally as Adaora “Lumina” Mbelu, she has spent more than 15 years helping individuals, companies and creative professionals communicate their ideas and develop meaningful projects. Her career spans television production, corporate communications, brand … Read more
Most of Africa’s trade does not happen in shopping malls or on e-commerce websites. It happens in markets, kiosks and warehouses run by small traders who rely on cash, personal relationships and handwritten records. Anu Adedoyin Adasolum built a company around that reality. As co-founder and chief executive of Sabi, she runs a platform that … Read more
“If You Are Going Into Any Business, You Must Understand the Business A to Z” – Aliko Dangote There is a difference between entering a business because it looks profitable and building a business because you understand how it works. Aliko Dangote has spent decades building one of Africa’s largest business groups, and one of … Read more
Many founders build one business and stay inside it. Paul Onwuanibe has used a single property company as a platform to move into hospitality, leisure, housing and now finance. As of October 1, 2026, he is also Chairman of the Board of Sync Finance, a role that adds a financial services seat to a career … Read more
Some founders start with a grand idea. Tosin Eniolorunda started with a job, a skill and a frustration. He spent about six years inside one of Nigeria’s biggest payments companies, saw how many small businesses were ignored by traditional banks, and left to build something for them. That company is now Moniepoint, one of Africa’s … Read more
Most people know the face of a company, which is usually its chief executive. Far fewer know the person who builds the systems underneath it. Felix Ike is that person at Moniepoint, one of Africa’s most valuable fintech companies. As co-founder and chief technology officer, he helps run the technology that moves billions of dollars … Read more
Every generation of founders finds a gap that established companies overlook. For Ridwan Olalere, it was the way immigrants send money home. The co-founder and chief executive of LemFi was told early on that remittance was a solved problem, and he built a company on the belief that it was not. His name is now … Read more
More than 90% of Nigerian households still cook with firewood, charcoal or kerosene. The smoke from those fuels harms health, and the fuels themselves strain forests and family budgets. Okey Esse decided to attack that problem with engineering, not advocacy. He is the founder and chief executive of Powerstove Energy, a clean-energy company that builds … Read more
How does a young engineer from Lagos end up running a company whose systems move money across dozens of African countries? The answer lies in a career built on one stubborn idea: payments across Africa should work as smoothly as they do anywhere else. Olugbenga Agboola, widely known as GB, co-founded Flutterwave and now serves … Read more