Joseph Ajao
Student in Material Science and Engineering Department at Obafemi Awolowo University (2011), Founder at Educate! (2007).
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Skills: | Business, Entrepreneurship, Investment, Languages, Management |
| Groups: | 2012 Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition Application, BASES | BT Entrepreneurship Bootcamp 2012, GIST Initiative , Global Entrepreneurship Week , Global Entrepreneurship Week: Nigeria, NYC Next Idea Business Plan Competition |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Unknown |
| Position: | World Business Dialogue Ambassador |
| Time period: | July 2011 - Present |
| Description: | Working with the international relations team to spread the tentacles of the dialogue to Africa. |
| Employer: | Educate! |
| Position: | Founder |
| Time period: | May 2007 - Present |
| Description: | Educate! is an eLearning company that is taking advantage of the recent proliferation of mobile phone in Africa to bring quality education to poor communities in Nigeria. |
| Employer: | |
| Position: | Intern |
| Time period: | March 2011 - July 2011 |
| Description: | I work with the Google Business Analysts to discuss solutions and strategies that will allow
Google take advantage of business opportunities in the mobile sphere. Was on part of the team that recommended the acquiring of Motorola. I also organize conferences and seminars in different universities. |
| Employer: | Obafemi Awolowo University Microsoft Imagine Cup Team |
| Position: | Financial/Business Analyst |
| Time period: | August 2010 - December 2010 |
| Description: | My work included: Preparing a business plan and proposal with strong financial and risk
management analysis content. Preparing investment analysis for a proposed embedded technology system, including assessing opportunities for the development of the technology in different continents. |
| Employer: | Parkway Projects |
| Position: | Business Analyst(Intern) |
| Time period: | August 2010 - September 2010 |
| Description: | Working with the business analysts to discuss available business opportunities and
develop applications tailored to meeting such business demands. Developing financial forecasts and analyses, generating internal management reports, monitoring key performance indicators and driving the scaling and automation of financial processes. |
| Employer: | Goldman Sachs, London |
| Position: | Intern |
| Time period: | June 2010 - December 2010 |
| Description: | Job shadowing senior members of the technology division of the company.
Working with a team of other interns in the technology division to study the business of the Asset Management Division, so that such understanding will be translated into developing a software that helps solve the problems faced in this division. |
| Employer: | OacSoft Technologies |
| Position: | Business Architect |
| Time period: | May 2007 - April 2010 |
| Description: | I coordinate and synchronize business architecture efforts within every business unit
with cross-functional business architecture initiatives. Return-on-investment analysis: I utilize ROI models to synchronize business unit projects with cross-functional alignment initiatives. |
INFORMATION
| Awards: | $1000 Scholarship Award by the Oyo State(one of the 36 states in Nigeria) Government in
Nigeria Best Journal Award, Global Enterprise Experience, New Zealand |
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GloballyEducated
GloballyEducated is an Open Educational Resource platform providing free access to educational resources and courses developed by local subject-matter experts.
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GloballyEducated
1. GloballyEducated is an open education marketplace where students, teachers/content creators and schools can connect and interact around content created by local teachers/content creators for free. GloballyEducated facilitates on-line collaborative
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EducateNigeria
EducateNigeria is leveraging the recent proliferation of mobile phones and television to poor communities in Nigeria to provide these areas with access to quality education
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GloballyEducated
GloballyEducated has created an all-in-one solution to global online education using a technology model that creates interaction between all educational technologies(mobile, web, desktop educational technologies) and users(students, teachers, authors
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Twitpay
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YouNoodle
YouNoodle is a place to discover and support the hottest early-stage companies and university innovation.
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networkText
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Grace Atuhaire
I am A freelance Writer,
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