Odunayo Eweniyi

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Odunayo Eweniyi is a Nigerian business executive and activist. [1] [2] She is the Co-founder and Chief Operations Officer PiggyVest [3] [4] [5] and co-founder of Feminist Coalition. [6] [7] [8]

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Background

Eweniyi is the first child of two professors [9] that take up origins from Oyo State, Nigeria. [10]

Education and career

Eweniyi graduated from Covenant University in 2013 with a first-class degree in Computer Engineering. Eweniyi started out to launch Push CV [11] [12] with Somto Ifezue and Joshua Chibueze after her graduation in 2013. [13] Two years later, the trio went on to start PiggyVest in 2016. [5]

Awards

In 2018, Eweniyi won the Future Awards Africa Prize in Technology. [14] [15] [16] In 2019, she was on Forbes Africa 30 under 30 Technology list. [17] [18] Eweniyi was named as one of 30 Quartz Africa Innovators for 2019. [19]

Eweniyi was on Forbes Africa's list of 20 New Wealth Creators in Africa 2019. [20] She was nominated for The Future Awards Africa Prize for Young Person of The Year in 2020. [21] Eweniyi was also listed on Bloomberg 50 in 2020 [22] [23] and Time' Next 100 list in 2021 for her joint contributions during the End SARS protests of October 2020. [8] In March 2022, she won the Forbes Woman Africa Technology and Innovation Award. [24]

In 2022, Eweniyi was selected as a Bloomberg New Economy Catalyst. As part of the program, she attended the annual New Economy Forum held in Singapore, and the Bloomberg New Economy Catalyst Retreat that same year. [25]

Activism and ENDSARS

During the End SARS protests in 2020 against Nigerian police brutality, Eweniyi [9] raised donations for medical care and legal support for victims of police brutality during and after the protests. [26] [27] [23] [28] [8]

In January 2021, Eweniyi partnered with Eloho Oname to launch First Check, a platform of female business angels focused on supporting women led and women focused startups in Africa. [29]

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