March, 2026

• 26 March

  Olusegun Adeleke: The founder who heard a voice

  

  At some point in the middle of the night, Olusegun Adeleke was walking down the stairs toward his bedroom, trying to force himself to sleep after hours of restlessness, when a thought arrived that didn’t feel like his own. It was the seed of PAAQ, which stands for Please Ask Any Question, a platform connecting knowledge seekers with verified experts …

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• 19 March

  Precious Kolawole’s unlikely path to becoming a Machine Learning Engineer at Shopify

  

  Precious had a clear plan: become like Ben Carson, the American neurosurgeon. She applied to study medicine at the University of Lagos, Obafemi Awolowo University, and the University of Ibadan. None of them took her. OAU offered her zoology instead. She negotiated her way into a physiotherapy programme and found she actually enjoyed it. Then COVID-19 hit, and everything stopped. …

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• 12 March

  How Seun Koshoedo Is Building the Soul of African Brands

  

  Most branding agencies will tell you they help companies grow. Seun Koshoedo, founder and Chief Visionary Officer of Xcentrique Media, says they do something deeper: they give brands a soul. In a market where African companies are either chasing global trends or struggling to translate their identity into something customers actually connect with, her seven-year-old agency has carved out a …

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• 5 March

  Rita Enosegbe’s playbook for building a brand as a founder in Africa

  

  When you see that 11,000 people follow Rita Enosegbe on X, It’s hard to imagine that she had only 11 followers a few years ago. It was a frustrating time for her. She had failed at network marketing, struggled for 11 months as an affiliate marketer, and had just lost the opportunity to pursue her master’s degree in the UK …

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February, 2026

• 28 February

  How Sharon Ariyo-Adeoye helps African founders build high-trust brands in a low-trust economy

  

  Sharon Ariyo-Adeoye has always been good at convincing people. “As long as I can remember, I’ve always been somebody who is confident about persuading people to believe or be involved in things that I do or things that I believe in,” she says. That natural gift led her into tech during the era when it “was the new rave.” She …

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• 18 February

  Building Tools, Not Just Apps: AbdulAzeez Olanrewaju’s Journey from VB.NET to Creating Stunk

  

  There’s something quietly revolutionary happening in a corner of Lagos. While most Nigerian developers are building apps like fintech solutions, e-commerce platforms, delivery services, AbdulAzeez Olanrewaju is building something different. He’s building the tools that other developers use to build those apps. It’s a rarer path, a harder path, and if you ask him about it, he’ll tell you the …

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• 12 February

  Idris Olubisi’s journey from coding on a phone to building developer communities

  

  Idris Olubisi never imagined he’d become a DevRel or a backend engineer. He was focused on getting a lucrative job in the oil and gas sector after completing his university degree. By chance, his final year project required him to do some software engineering. Just when he started, his laptop got stolen. Despite this setback, he decided to use his …

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• 3 February

  Building a Bridge to Mental Healthcare with Code: Thani Oluwaseun’s Story

  

  Thani Oluwaseun knows what it feels like to be depressed and not know where to find help. “I’ve been depressed myself in the past and knowing how difficult it can be,” Thani reflects. “I was able to pick myself up, but not everybody can. That’s why some people go into substance abuse.” His experience with depression left him with a …

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January, 2026

• 21 January

  Why Tosin Olugbenga gave up Ph.D to become a software engineer

  

  Tosin Olugbenga grew up in Ekiti State, Nigeria, where academics were the pinnacle of success. It was only natural that after completing his first degree at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, he pursued a master’s degree in physics. His path seemed clear: get a PhD, become a lecturer, and join the ranks of the academics he admired, but the Nigerian …

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• 13 January

  From Weekend Side Project to Global EdTech: The AI Examiner Story

  

  It started with a casual offer between friends. Nengi Sagbe, a medical student and product designer, had run out of practice questions while prepping for exams. Sitting across from her was Richard Eradiri, a software engineer who’d spent five years building apps for Nigerian banks but was itching to create something of his own. “I could just build something for …

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