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Osh Agabi and the Education of a Nose
Oshiorenoya Agabi grew up taking discarded things apart in Lagos. At Koniku, he is putting living cells and electronics together to give machines a sense of smell.
Moses Enenwali Kept Following the Package Until It Became a Company
Before Topship had software, investors or a name, it had a few impatient merchants and a founder willing to chase an answer. Moses Enenwali's career is a study in following useful problems until they reveal their scale.
Asher Adeniyi Turned Payday Into a Product
Before payroll became his product, people were already his business. Asher Adeniyi's path from a shy recruitment founder to Eazipay CEO is a study in second chances, dependable systems and the quiet drama of paying everyone on time.
Oluwatobiloba Ololade Is Building the Boring Layer the Internet Cannot Live Without
The Dojah co-founder turned a developer’s recurring nuisance - fragmented access to identity data - into infrastructure for businesses that need to know who is really on the other side of a screen.
Anj Fayemi
Anj Fayemi is a Lagos-raised, MIT-trained mechanical engineer and recording rapper (Solstice Fayemz) who turned his own frustration releasing a second album into Rivet, an AI-driven CRM that helps artists and creators find and grow their most loyal fans. As co-founder and CEO, he interviewed 200+ artists, went through Techstars Boston, raised a $500k pre-seed led by Drive Capital, and built a platform used by roughly 1,400 creators that stitches together data from Instagram, Shopify and Eventbrite to surface the fans most likely to show up and buy.