| The youth are indeed taking their country back. In addition to those organizing for political renewal, some of the most inspiring revolutionaries are actually tech entrepreneurs. Over the last decade, they’ve been re-shaping public opinion, educating the youth and providing them with job opportunities beyond their wildest dreams–opportunities that were unimaginable just ten years ago. In doing so, they’ve cultivated a generation whose technological savvy exceeds that of their parents’ generation by light years, and whose extraordinary mobilization prowess has confounded the Nigerian oligarchy. One of the key figures in the emergence of Nigeria’s recent technological (r)evolution is Iyinoluwa Aboyeji. The founding of one of his earliest companies, Andela, completely transformed Nigeria by injecting the local economy with hard-earned foreign currency through young talent empowered with highly profitable software development skills. His current company, Future Africa, invests in African startups, and returned $3.7 Million to investors at the end of 2020. Aboyeji will be the first in our Black Genius series, Harambeans 10×10, featuring ten Harambeans who are building Africa’s future through visionary, market-creating, global enterprises. Join us live on our YouTube page on Friday, Feb 5 at Noon EST | 6pm WAT to meet Aboyeji; or subscribe on Apple podcasts to hear the conversation next week. Learn more about the 10×10 series, Harambeans and Aboyeji here. |