Ayodeji Adewunmi
Online Certified Course on Health Planning from American University of Armenia,pursuing M.B.Ch.B from Obafemi Awolowo University, presently President at RealEstateweb,Nigeria and Curator at Top30Under30,Nigeria.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Website: | http://www.jobberman.com |
| Skills: | Business, Copy Writing, Editing, Entrepreneurship, Investment, Management, Public speaking, Recruitment, Writing |
| Location: | Ile-Ife |
| Groups: | TANOE - The African Network of Entrepreneurs |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
| Tags: | career, hr, new media, nigeria, recruitment, startups |
| Schools: | American University |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Top30Under30,Nigeria |
| Position: | Curator |
| Time period: | October 2007 - Present |
| Description: | Top30Under30 is a social enterprise for kindling entrepreneurship among Under 30’s in Africa.
Top30Under30 has mobilized and recruited a team in more than 13 countries on the continent and coordinate operations from Nigeria. Top30Under30 received a US$10,000 grant from Seven Fund to run the Innovative Entrepreneurs’ Exhibition (InEx) in 2008. Founded Top30Under30, initiated and currently maintain relationships with a dozen partners including Virgin Unite, Branson School of Entrepreneurship, Africa. Investor, Kauffman Foundation and enjoys membership of the prestigious Business Action for Africa. Top30Under30 is on track to implementing a cluster of products for empowering young entrepreneurs through the entrepreneurial lifecycle. Top30Under30 is currently fundraising from socially-inclined investors in total of US$5 million to improve organization capabilities. Top30Under30 maintains an online portal @ www.top30under30.com and finalizing specifications of a strategic partnership with Youth Entrepreneurship and Sustainability (YES) Inc. |
| Employer: | RealEstateweb,Nigeria |
| Position: | President, Strategy & Business Operations |
| Time period: | August 2007 - Present |
| Description: | Co-founded RealEstateweb, a real estate Internet Services Company with intercontinental plans.
Responsible for strategic orientation, product development, project management, talent management and monetization of the company. Assembling a type A team to make RealEstateweb what Sabre Holdings is to the travel industry in the real estate industry in Africa. Developed business model and roll-out strategy and finalizing a US$2 million 1st round of financing. Flagship product to be launched fall of 2009 after an intense period of product development and setting up of corporate infrastructure. |
| Employer: | Goldman Sachs London, UK |
| Position: | Advisory Intern |
| Time period: | April 2007 |
| Description: | Goldman Sachs & Co is the premier Investment Banking firm in the world. Recruited as part of the Inaugural Africa Initiative.
Carried out complex business assignments in asset management and presented to a panel in London. Worked directly with the teams at the Investment Banking Division and Investment Management Division. Helped to recruit over 12 students from my university since April 2007 - the highest of any university in Nigeria. |
EDUCATION
| University: | American University |
| Time period: | 2006 |
| Degree: | Health Planning(Online) |
INFORMATION
| Clubs: | *Producer, BarCamp Nigeria. (2009-present)
*Director & Board member, Nexus Capital Partners (2009-present) *Global Advisory Board Member, TeenAIDS Peer Corps (2005-present) *Medical Students International, International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations. |
| Memberships: | *Member, Tallberg New Leaders Program class of 2009
*Chief Partnerships Officer, International Young Professionals Foundation (2005-2006) |
| Awards: | *Travel Scholarship to Tallberg, Sweden for Tallberg 2009 Forum
*Winner, Olukoye Ransome Kuti Essay Competition. MDGs Challenge: How realistic are International Goals (2008) *Recipient, Ondo State Scholarship (2007-2008) *TEDGlobal 2007 fellow for outstanding work on electronic real estate market space for Africa *First Recipient, University Student of the Year, Inaugural Malaria Awards for pioneering work in the field of malaria among medical students worldwide (2006) *Recipient, Ford-WSCSD Travel Scholarship to WSCSD Annual Meeting @ MIT (2005) *Scholarship by Government of the Federal Republic of Germany. |
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Afrigator Internet
Afrigator Internet (Pty) Ltd is a technology company based in Cape Town, South Africa. In April 2007 we launched Afrigator - a social media aggregator and blog directory - and more recently we launched Adgator - a targeted blog advertising network.
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Startups Nigeria
Startups Nigeria is a tech community that connects entrepreneurs, developers, social media players, as well as technology enthusiasts in Nigeria's new media space.
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Loy Okezie
I'm a Social Media Analyst and e-Marketing Strategist
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Faisal Chohan
M.Sc in Computer science from International Islamic University.
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Francis oghuma
I am a media entrepreneur with interest in digital,print & youth communications platforms
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Peter Flynn
Web startup specialist. Co-founder of premium web application development consultancy White Wall Web. Co-founder of ProfessionL.com. Director of the RAMP Group.