30 local (your country) influencers and their

achievements
NAME: EJIDIKE CHIBUISI PROMISE
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COURSE: POLITICAL SCIENCE

1. Elo Umeh
Age: 37
CEO: Terragon Group
Nigerian entrepreneur and founder of the Terragon Group. Elo has worked in mobile and digital
media on the Africa continent for over 15 years with specialty in product development and
management with a B.Sc. in Business Administration.

Last year, Umeh's Terragon acquired Bizense, a Singapore-based mobile technology company,
in a cash plus stock deal which is the first of its kind and scale in Africa. 

2. Uche Pedro - Bella Naija

Age: 34
CEO: Bella Naija

Uche Pedro is the founder and CEO of BellaNaija

Uche Pedro is the founder and CEO of BellaNaija, a media tech brand known for entertainment
and lifestyle content and its niche for wedding affairs.

The award-winning young entrepreneur was honoured with the Forbes Woman New Media
Award for 2019 in March. 

3. Linda Ikeji
Age: 38
CEO: Linda Ikeji Blog & TV

Linda Ikeji, founder Linda Ikeji blog

Linda is the CEO of one of the most influential gist blog and TV, Linda Ikeji. The Nigerian
entrepreneur is also one of the most successful bloggers in Africa.

Widely referred to as the richest Nigerian blogger, who redefined the blogging-sphere in Nigeria.
In 2012, she was named among Africa' 20 most prominent women by Forbes.

4. Seun Osewa
Age: 36
CEO: Nairaland

Seun Osewa is Nigerian internet entrepreneur and founder of the popular conversation-like
platform, Nairaland.

Osewa is Nigerian internet entrepreneur and founder of the popular conversation-like platform,
Nairaland. He launched the forum in March 2005, which was projected as the biggest African
forum by Forbes.

5. Ayodeji Adewunmi (35), Opeyemi Awoyemi (31) and Olalekan Olude (35)
Co-founders: Jobberman*

The three young entrepreneurs founded the recruiting firm - Jobberman

The three entrepreneurs founded the recruiting firm as an undergraduate at the Obafemi
Awolowo University, Ile Ife in 2009.

The company has grown to become Nigeria's number 1 recruitment platform helping employers
and jobseekers solve their recruitment and employment challenges respectively.

6. Temie Giwa-Tubosun
Age: 33
CEO: LifeBank

Temie Giwa-Tubosun is the founder of Lifebank

Temie's business is to save lives. For this, the Nigerian-American health manager, founder of
LifeBank, a business enterprise which enables timely delivery of blood to hospitals and patients
who need it.

In 2018, the company won MIT Solve Global Challenge in health category and looking to start
on-demand delivery of oxygen monitoring equipment like pulse oximeters, routine, scheduled
delivery of oxygen to replenish depleted hospital stock in Africa's most populous nation.

7. Onyeka Akumah
Age: 33
CEO: Farmcrowdy

Onyeka Akumah is the founder of Farmcrowdy,

Onyeka Akumah is the founder of Farmcrowdy, one of Nigeria’s tech startup success stories.
Farmcrowdy started to gain widespread recognition in 2017 after it raised $1 million in funding,
a huge amount for any African startup at the time.
With its success stories, Farmcrowdy is currently working with 11,000 farmers while Onyeka is
one of the influencers in Agri tech business in Nigeria at the moment.

8. Abubakar Falalu
Age: 28
CEO: Falgates

ABUBAKAR Falalu, founder of Falgates,

In a region known for underdevelopment and with a high rate of unemployment and increasing
poverty level, Falalu founded Falgates, a company that farms and mills rice, producing about 15
tons on a daily basis.

Falalu through his company has empowered and employed almost 200 people and generated
$400,000 (N144 million) as revenue in 2017, according to a Forbes' report.

He was also named among the prestigious Forbes Under-30 list and one of Africa’s most
promising young businessmen. 

9. Oluwatobi Ajayi
Age: 30
CEO: Chairman/CEO at Nord Automobiles Limited 

Oluwatobi Ajayi is the Chairman/CEO at Nord Automobiles Limited

Ajayi is the Chairman/CEO of Nord Automobiles Limited, an African automobile brand. In an

interview with The PUNCH, he said he wants to revolutionise the Nigerian transport industry
and impacted positively on the Nigerian economy.
10. Etop Ikpe
Age: 36
CEO: Cars45

Etop Ikpe is the founder and executive officer of Nigeria's first and largest Auto Tech
trading platform, Cars45.

Etop Ikpe is the founder and executive officer of Nigeria's first and largest Auto Tech trading
platform, Cars45. He has previous experience at DealDey and Konga before setting up his own
firm.

The tech company has disrupted the used cars and sales industry by offering people a fast and
convenient way to sell their cars. Since inception in 2016, Cars45 now has more than 30 physical
inspection and centres.
11.Ebuka
Ebuka Obi-Uchendu is a popular  Nigerian lawyer and media personality who is popularly
known as the host of the Big Bother Naija reality show and one of the most popular talk shows in
the country, Rubbin’ Minds. He was born in Benin City, Edo state on July 14, 1982. He is an
indigene of Okija, Anambra state. He rose to fame after participating in the 2006 Big Brother
Naija show. Even though he did not win, he turned out to be a likeable person among everyone
which eventually got him major endorsement deals with Glo and Guinness Nigeria in which he
hosted TV shows they sponsored.

Ebuka studied Law at the University of Abuja. He went to the American University, Washington
DC for a masters degree in Intellectual Property and communications law.

12.OloriSupergal
Tosin Ajibade aka Olori Supergal born on (17 February 1987) is a Nigerian media
influencer known for her lifestyle and entertainment website, OloriSuperGal.com in
Nigeria and South Africa as well as her social media presence. She is also the convener
of the New Media Conference that is held annually in Nigeria.

Tosin bagged a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the Lagos State University after
which she obtained a Certificate in Media Enterprise from the School of Media and
Communications, Pan-Atlantic University, Nigeria.

Ajibade became a publicist in 2009 and She created her blog in 2010. In 2011, she was
hired at BlackHouse Media as their web manager but resigned in 2012 to focus on her
website.

13.Sisi Yemmie

Sisi Yemmie is one of the biggest lifestyle bloggers in Nigeria. She has about 175,000
subscribers on YouTube and about 100, 000 Instagram followers. After getting the idea
of blogging from her husband, she began blogging on her website, sisiyemmie.com and
then went on to using YouTube and amassing a lot of followers.

Yemi creates content from real-life scenarios, relationships, food, beauty tips and her
own life. The coolest part is that she adds a touch of comedy which attracts even more
followers and makes her a top choice for brands. Sisi Yemmie has also gone on to win
various awards including Influencer of the Year. Without a doubt, she is one of the
biggest influencers in the country.

14.Dimma Umeh

Dimma Umeh also known as That Igbo Chick is a popular YouTuber and a lifestyle
influencer. Having made a career for herself on YouTube as well as creating her own
website, she has gained a lot of followers who daily engage with her content and follow
her religiously.

15.Noble Igwe
Noble Igwe needs no introduction. Owning 360Nobs he has been able to create a niche
for himself in the area of fashion and style. Adorning pieces that are not just from the
best of designers but are also of top-notch quality, he combines them with class and
finesse while teaching especially men how to dress properly.

16.Tunde Ednut

Tunde Ednut is practically the biggest Nigerian influencer on Instagram. His content
revolves around popular entertainment news, breaking news, new music, up and
coming acts, trivia, giveaways and general engagement. Within a few seconds of a new
post, hundreds of comments are already piling under.

Born in Katsina on January 20 decades ago, he is the second child in a family of 5

hailing from Kogi state. Starting out his entertain career as a comedian and a musician,
he decided to abandon music and comedy to become an Instagram influencer. With
over 1.5 followers, he rules the Nigerian Instagram cyberspace.

17.Joro Olumofin

Joro Olumofin is a psychologist and blogger is known on Instagram for relationship

affairs and content. His great style of dressing, charming nature and screenshots of
anonymous emails from people seeking advice has drawn men and women alike to his
page.

He doesn’t give advice in his posts but the crazy emails from his fans on their
relationships brings a lot of engagement and comments to his page. With over 557,000
followers and averagely 300 comments within minutes, he definitely has the Nigerian
cyberspace glued to his page.

18. Kayode Abass

Kayode Abass is a LinkedIn Influencer & Coach, Digital Marketing Consultant, Viral Content
Writer, and Entrepreneur. In the space of 4 months, his connections increased from 300 to
10,000, amassed 12000 followers, 40,000 profile views, 3 million posts views, 3800 comments
and 2400 reshares on LinkedIn making him one of the biggest personalities on the Nigerian
sphere of LinkedIn. He helps business coaches, consultants, business owners and sales
executives execute the exact strategies he used to gain his status as an influencer.

19.Tobi Bakre
Tobi Bakre is an investment banker, photographer, published photographer, model and
influencer.

Born in 1994 and hailing from Ogun state, he graduated with a banking and finance
degree from the University of Lagos and worked with Heritage Bank Nigeria PLC.
Having also worked with Laudable Express Limited, Lagos and the Office of the
Accountant General of the Federation, Abuja, his work experience is not in doubt.

Since he came third in the Big Brother Double Wahala edition, he has became the toast
of brands across the country. He took the platform to become a style influencer by
wearing peculiar pieces as well as snagging hosting gigs from different brands. Tobi
creates content from his real life while engaging his fans through his social media.
There’s no doubt that if he keeps this up, he will stay on top of his game.

20.Omojuwa

Japheth Omojuwa is a public speaker, farmer, philanthropist, media personality, blogger

and social media influencer. He is the founder of Alpha Reach and an author on
numerous notable newspapers and online media such as BBC, ThisDay, Vanguard,
Sahara Reporters, The Financial Times and Naij.

In the run-up to the general elections, he was influential in the media space. Omojuwa
was a strong voice on social media. He has over 200k followers on Twitter, giving him
the audience to impact the affairs of the nation with his progressive views.

He was listed among the most influential Nigerian youth in tech by YNaija and by the
World Economic Forum as a Global Shaper which is a rare recognition given out to
youth people impacting significantly to their communities globally.

In 2016, popular cognac company Remy Martin named Japheth as a brand influencer in
recognition of his exemplary work as a youth leader. He also won Best Twitter
Personality (African Bloggers Award) from the Bill and Melinda Foundation. He is
definitely a political influencer to watch.

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