# Okiemute Dominic Avworhokai

> Okiemute Dominic Avworhokai, also known publicly as Dom Okiemute, is the CEO and co-founder of Miden, a Y Combinator Winter 2024 company providing card issuing and banking infrastructure for businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa. His career spans commercial banking, business development and student lending; his public work also includes Miden’s education partnership with Chess in Slums Africa.

- **Role:** CEO and Co-Founder at Miden
- **Organizations:** Miden, Tyrus Technologies, Dash Nigeria, Scenic Sentosa, ProvidusBank, Heritage Bank Plc, Nigerian Federal Ministry of Agriculture
- **Education:** Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture, University of Ilorin, Master of Business Administration (historically listed as in progress; completion unverified), University of East London
- **Known for:** Founded a student-credit business that disbursed more than $1.5 million in 18 months, according to his YC biography., Co-founded Miden with CTO Ini Udoh and joined Y Combinator’s Winter 2024 batch., Miden reported more than 100,000 cards issued across four countries in early 2024.

## Career timeline

- **2013** — Assistant Manager of Nursery Operations at the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, according to a historical career listing.
- **2015** — Relationship Manager at Heritage Bank Plc, according to a historical career listing.
- **2021** — A historical profile lists business development and partnerships at Dash Nigeria, co-founder/COO at Scenic Sentosa, and personal banking at ProvidusBank; exact start and end dates are not established.
- **2023** — Miden founded, according to Y Combinator. Some early interviews describe its beginnings in late 2022.
- **2023-09** — Appeared on Daniel Ose Edwin’s Growing Africa podcast to discuss Tyrus Technologies and Miden.
- **2024** — Miden participated in Y Combinator’s Winter 2024 batch.
- **2024-10** — Credited as executive producer of Miden’s corporate-card adoption survey report.
- **2025-05** — Miden published details of 35 scholarships and learning resources provided through its Chess in Slums Africa partnership.

## Achievements

- Founded a student-credit business that disbursed more than $1.5 million in 18 months, according to his YC biography.
- Co-founded Miden with CTO Ini Udoh and joined Y Combinator’s Winter 2024 batch.
- Miden reported more than 100,000 cards issued across four countries in early 2024.
- Supported Miden’s partnership with Chess in Slums Africa, including 35 scholarships.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — At the research date, Miden’s website claims more than 2 million cards issued, more than $2 billion in processed volume and support for over 20 countries. These are undated, company-reported totals, not independently audited figures.
- **2026-07** — BusinessDay published coverage of a second Chess to Dream cohort for 100 students selected after outreach to more than 900. The article describes a September-December 2025 program; publication date is not the event date.
- **2025-05** — Miden’s education-partnership post details 35 scholarships, vocational training and donated learning tools; the article title refers to the 2024 CSR project.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/okiemuteavworhokai/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/domavwo

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Last updated: 2026-10-16