Lola Masha

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Lola Masha is a Nigerian technology executive. She is the country manager for OLX, and was previously business development team head for Google Nigeria. [1] [2] She is the co-founder and executive director of Babban Gona farmers service limited. [3]

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Education

Masha is an engineering graduate from University of Virginia. She had her PhD in Chemical engineering at UC Berkeley College of Engineering. [3]

Career


She worked for McKinsey & Company as a consultant in 2007. [4] She then worked with Google Nigeria as the business development team head for four years. [5] [6] [7]

In 2014 Masha joined OLX, the e-commerce website, [8] as the country manager. [4] [9] She is today the chief executive officer [1] and country manager for OLX in Nigeria. [10] [11] [12] She represented OLX and received the award for Classified Advert Website of the year at the seventh edition of the Beacon ICT award ceremony. [13]

At the fifth anniversary of OLX, Masha urged the Nigeria government to ensure a valid means of identification as this will enhance security on online transactions. [14] [15] She also claimed that over 12 trillion naira used items were posted on the site in the previous year and that OLX have over 300 million users which makes buying and selling easy on the platform. [16]

Masha is the co-founder of Babban Gona farmers services limited. She serves as the executive director for corporate services. [17] [4] [18]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Businesses, services should move to the cloud – Masha". Punch Newspapers.
  2. ↑ "Kidnap: The ugly side of internet penetration". Vanguard News. 19 April 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Technology enables us deliver maximum value to our members –Masha, co-founder Babban Gona". The Sun Nigeria. 19 February 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 "'Understanding the needs of women in farming will help in guiding them to succeed'". guardian.ng.
  5. ↑ "Lola Masha – Business, Tech Leader & ED at Babban Gona – is our #BellaNaijaWCW this Week". BellaNaija. 2 October 2019.
  6. ↑ "How to combine corporate job, motherhood and socials –Lola Masha, country manager, OLX". The Sun Nigeria. 3 February 2018.
  7. ↑ "LOLA MASHA I believe women are the strongest". Latest Nigeria News, Nigerian Newspapers, Politics. 30 July 2016.
  8. ↑ "Second-Hand Items In 2016 Valued At N12.1trn – OLX".
  9. ↑ "OLX renovates children's home". Punch Newspapers.
  10. ↑ "OLX bags two IT industry awards". Punch Newspapers.
  11. ↑ "Nigeria is a market you can't ignore — OLX Country Manager, Lola Masha | National Daily Newspaper".
  12. ↑ "OLX donates rain coats to LASTMA | National Daily Newspaper".
  13. ↑ "OLX wins best-classified advert website". Punch Newspapers.
  14. ↑ "Proper means of identification will boost online business —OLX » Info Tech » Tribune Online". Tribune Online. 31 October 2017.
  15. ↑ "Masha: We've had to adapt our processes uniquely for Nigeria market". guardian.ng.
  16. ↑ "Over N12.1t second-hand items posted on OLX in 2016 -". The Eagle Online. 6 October 2017.
  17. ↑ "Reason govt must pay attention to smallholder farmers —Masha, Co-founder, Babban Gona Ltd » Agriculture » Tribune Online". Tribune Online. 7 January 2020.
  18. ↑ "Knowledge Gap, Cultural Barriers Limiting Farmers in Northern Nigeria – Babban Gona". Daily Times Nigeria. 8 January 2020.
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