Faculty, Mentors & Advisors
IYINOLUWA ABOYEJI
CEO of Future Africa, backed 100+ companies worth $6B+, co-founded Flutterwave, Andela, Moove and Itana
OLANIYI YUSUF
Managing Partner of Verraki, Chair of Nigeria Economic Summit Group. Former CEO of Accenture Nigeria
CHIDI OKORO
Head of West Africa at Alta Semper Capital, Faculty at LBS, Former CEO of GSK Nigeria
DANIEL ADEOYE
NNEKA EZE
Managing Partner at VestedWorld, Former Co-lead of Global Agriculture & Food Security Practice at Dalberg, Analyst at McKinsey
LOLA MASHA
Partner at Antler, Co-Founder of Babban Gona, Former country manager for OLX, Google Nigeria
BODE ABIFARIN
Former COO of Flutterwave, Former Associate Director at KPMG, Top 100 Women in Fintech 2023
DARLINGTON NWANKWO
Commercial lending expert, Lending Partner of Cascador and Director of Programs, Sterling Bank
DEE ABUDU
Founder of Sique, Founder of Onafriq, Former CEO at Superior Games, Former VP, Africa at Morgan Stanley
KOLA MASHA
Founder and MD of Babban Gona, GE, Abiomed and Notore, Senior Advisor to the Nigerian Minister of Agriculture
DR. OKEY NWUKE
Board of Access Pensions. Former Deputy MD of Coscharis Group, Board of Access Bank, LBS faculty
ADA OSAKWE
Founder and CEO of Nuli Food Co, African Development Bank advisor, Forbes Africa Leading Women 2021
AFFIONG WILLIAMS
Founder & CEO Reel Fruit, 10+ years driving scale, exports, and local value-chain development
ADETAYO BAMIDURO
CEO & Co-Founder of MAX, invented the PAYG EV subscription model
MAYOWA OLUGBILE
CEO of Itana, seasoned venture operator, scale experience from startup to $1B+, led $65M+ in fundraising
OYIN SOLEBO
COO at Cascador. Former MD of ARM Labs Lagos Techstars, investor in 24 African SMEs, Co-founded Movemeback
IFEOLUWA ADEPOJU
Head of Legal and Compliance at Future Africa, guided 80+ startups through scaling, regulatory and fundraising
NAPA ONWUSAH
25+ years driving growth, former executive at Amazon Web Services, Google, Visa, Microsoft, and Cisco
DR. IRENE ROBINSON
Group Head, Legal, Risk and Sustainability at OmniRetail Africa, Former General Counsel of Nigerian Stock Exchange
ISMAIL OLASUNKANMI
Former CTO at Future Africa and Accelerate Africa, CEO of Deveote, leader in Africa’s tech ecosystem
ISAAC EWALEIFOH
Mentor, Vice President, BDT & MSD Partners, deep financial expertise spanning spanning functions
CHINEDU OSSAI
Mentor, Founder of Revwit, career B2B sales expert, experience at Interswitch and Bolt Nigeria
NKEM NWEKE
Mentor, Ex- Microsoft, Di-Data, Hewlett Packard, expert digital innovation and tech product development
GREGG FAIRBROTHERS
Mentor, Founding CEO, Samson International, sold for >$1B, Former Professor at Dartmouth
DAVE DELUCIA
Co-founder and former CEO of ImmuNext, Founder of EEGF, Co-Founded Cascador in 2019
TRISH THOMAS
CEO of Cascador, Executive Director of EEGF, Founder of Akamai Strategy, Former CEO of TEEM
MARTIN MBONU
Portfolio Manager, Former COO at Axon Finance, Senior Associate at Vested World, Analyst at Verod Capital and Jumia
ALISON KENNEDY
Brand strategist with 30 years shaping strategy and messaging for global B2B and B2C organizations
LISA GARDNER
Entrepreneur Coach, Team Building & Communciation Expert, Licensed Psychotherapist, USA
