Nigeria at 60: Top sixty Nigerian tech entrepreneurs that deserve to be celebrated (Part 3)

On October 1, 2020 Nigeria celebrates sixty years of independence from colonial British rule. The Benjamindada team is using this independence day to celebrate sixty entrepreneurs that we believe have done wonderfully.

These Nigerian entrepreneurs have succeeded in harnessing the power of technology to provide solutions to local and international problems. More importantly, the work they have done, and are still doing is paving the way for many young Nigerians to make a difference too.

We’ve split the list into three batches of 20 that we’ll be bringing to you over the next few hours. You can click here and here to see the first two batches.

Meet the giants of Nigeria’s blossoming tech industry:

41. Mitchell Elegbe – Founder and CEO of Interswitch, a digital payments and commerce company.

Mitchell Elegbe, Interswitch Group Founder and Chief Executive Officer

42. Tayo Oviosu – Founder and CEO of Paga, a mobile payment platform that allows users make and receive payments from their mobile devices.

Tayo Oviosu – Founder and CEO of Paga

43. Adeola Shasanya – Cofounder of Afrotech girls, a non-profit organization focused on increasing the participation of girls and young women in STEM.

Adeola Shasanya

44. Yomi Adedeji – Founder and CEO of Softcom, parent company of fintech product, Eyowo.

Yomi Adedeji

45. Obi Ozor – Cofounder and CEO at Kobo360, a tech-enabled logistics platform that connects cargo owners, truck drivers, and cargo recipients.

Obi Ozor

46. Tunde Kehinde – Founder, Co-CEO at Lidya a fintech company providing financing to small businesses. He is also a co-founder of Jumia.

Lidya Co-founder Tunde Kehinde

47. Titi Odunfa Adeoye –  Founder and CEO of  Sankore Investment, parent company of Wealth.ng

Titi Odunfa Adeoye

48. Bukky George – Cofounder and CEO of Healthplus, Africa’s first integrative pharmacy.

Bukky George

49. Onyekachi Izukanne – Cofounder and CEO at TradeDepot, an e-commerce comapany that connects African retailers to top consumer good companies.

Onyekachi Izukanne

50. Toba Obaniyi – Founder and CEO of Whogohost, Nigeria’s biggest web hosting company.

Toba Obaniyi

51. Nkem Okocha – CEO and founder of Mamamoni, a fintech social enterprise that is looking to close the credit gap for low-income female entrepreneurs.

Nkem Okocha

52. Buchi Okoro – Quidax CEO, a cryptocurrency exchange that allows users buy and sell cryptocurrencies securely and with ease.

Buchi Okoro

53. Fara Ashiru Jituboh – Cofounder and CEO of Okra.ng, a fintech company that enables the secure exchange of real-time financial information between customers, applications, and banks

Okra CEO, Fara Ashiru

54. Elo Umeh – Terragon group, an enterprise marketing technology company that specialized in harnessing customer data for insight.

Elo Umeh

55. Tosin Eniolorunda – Team Apt, financial technology company focused developing digital banking, business solutions and payments infrastructure.

Tosin Eniolorunda

56. Fadé Ogunro – Founder and CEO, Bookings Africa, an e-marketplace that helps people connect with African talents in lifestyle entertainment and media

Fadé Ogunro

57. Preston Timeyin Ideh – Stears Business, an intelligence company dedicated to digitising the data market in Africa

Preston Timeyin Ideh 

58. Bilikiss Adebiyi Abiola – Founder and CEO at Wecyclers, a for-profit social enterprise addressing the challenge of urban waste.

Bilikiss Adebiyi Abiola

59. Yele Bademosi – Founder of Microtraction, an angel investment fund.

Yele Bademosi

60. Fejiro Hanu Agbodje – Founder and CEO of Patricia, a platform that allows users trade gift cards and cryptocurrency.

Fejiro Hanu Agbodje

This list is the last in a series of three. You can find the others here and here

Last updated: February 2, 2026