Iyinoluwa Aboyeji

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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji at the YGL Alumni Annual Summit, 2018
Born
Iyinoluwa Samuel Aboyeji

(1991-03-28) March 28, 1991 (age 33)
NationalityNigerian
Alma mater University of Waterloo
Loyola Jesuit College
OccupationEntrepreneur
Known forCo-founder of Andela
Co-founder and Managing Director of Flutterwave
Website iyinoluwa.org

Iyinoluwa Samuel Aboyeji OON (born March 28, 1991) is a Nigerian entrepreneur. He is the co-founder of Andela, and the former managing director of Flutterwave. [1] [2] Aboyeji was cited as one of the Top 100 most influential Africans by New African magazine in 2019. [3]

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Education

Aboyeji attended Loyola Jesuit College, where he completed his senior secondary in 2007. [4] Afterward, he went to Columbia International College and earned a bachelor's degree in international and legal studies and international development from the University of Waterloo and St. Jerome's University. [5]

Career

Aboyeji co-founded Andela, a global job placement network for software developers in 2014. In 2016, he cofounded Flutterwave, Africa's leading payments technology company. [5]

Aboyeji is currently the general partner and co-founder of Future Africa, a platform that provides capital, coaching and community for mission-driven innovators. [6]

He has also worked as an advisor at Africa Angels Network (now CRE VC), which is currently the largest seed stage fund in Africa with over 18 investments across nine countries. [5]

After co-founding Future Africa, Aboyeji served as the deputy director-general for Oby Ezekwesili's 2019 presidential campaign. [7] He is also the Co-founder and Chairman of the Talent City Inc, a construction company. [8]

Awards and honours

On 11 October 2022, Aboyeji was conferred with National Honours Award of Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) by President Muhammadu Buhari. [9]

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