5 Under 30 Youngest Successful Nigerian Tech Entrepreneurs

Agriculture back then was the in thing for everybody before the advent of of oil which turned the fortunes of the country upside down, there is a mild shift away from oil to the booming tech sector with Nigerian Tech startups raising well over half a billion dollars in 2019.

Below is a list of 5 youngest Nigerian Tech Billionaires under the age of 30 doing very well for themselves in the tech sector, this list was carefully generated based on funding rounds and individual company valuations and asset base.

1.) Iselowo Kolawole Kehinde :

Aged 28 years of age, he is the CEO and founder of TRENAGRIC, simple form for Technology and Renewable Energy In Agriculture for improved agricultural yield geared towards national food security for national development, a course he is passionate about. 

Since the inception of the company he has since seen millions of Naira pouring in investment and revenue. 

He is currently working on a new health startup known as Test In Transit, he as vast experience in programming, branding and communications

2.) Iyinoluwa Samuel Aboyeji :

Networth: $100m

Aged 28 years of age, the dark skinned complexion tech genius has gone ahead to build two very successful businesses names Andela that got the attention of Mark Zuckerberg and Flutterwave one one of the biggest and best payment processing platforms in Africa, he left both companies to start up a new investment business in Niger. 

3.) Chidi Nwaogu: Aged 28 years of age, this serial entrepreneur is a force to reckon with on the whole technology scene in Nigeria has carved a niche for himself in the tech scene on Nigeria after going ahead to found and build many successful startups focusing on Africa, he is the current CEO of Publisheer (a digital distribution platform for all forms of arts by Nigerians entertainers). He is also a twin. 

4.) Silas Adekunle: The young intelligent guru is just 28 years of age, Silas Adekunle is a Nigerian inventor technology entrepreneur known for creating the world's first intelligent gaming robot. He earned a first class degree in Robotics from the University of the West of England. Despite Selling the startup at a rather early age and stage he has made a name for himself already as one of the most successful young entrepreneurs in Africa at large.

5.) John Oke: At 25 yeas of age, he is the co-founder/CEO of Wallet.ng, a digital wallet/payments solution that allows users make payments, transfer funds, pay bills and withdraw from ATMs. With their phone numbers, users can send and receive money, create virtual dollar cards to complete international transactions.

John and his friend Joseph Benson-Aruna founded the company to help users, especially millennials, enjoy an amazing experience while making payments, and also access other services that may not be available in Nigeria. He is probably the youngest on the list.

Nigeria's Notable Entrepreneurs Who Are "Under 30"

Having noticed a huge growth in enterpenurship in Nigeria , I decided to compile List olf Nigerian entrepreneurs under 25 but the list ended up being less than 5 after my findings.  This means Nigeria as a nation needs to support entrepreneur.

Nasir Yammama -27- Founder, Verdant - Agri-Tech: a social enterprise to support rural farmers with mobile technologies for sustainable farming and improved food production.

Abiola Olaniran -28 - Founder,  Game sole - Technology : Gamsole is a Nigerian-born mobile game production company. 

Fasasi Tosin - 18 - Founder Demfas Aerosystems -Telecommunication: This is Nigeria first telecommunication equipments manufacturer, founded in 2016. The company owns 4 patents. 

Ola Orekunrin - 30 - Founder flying ambulance - emergency: Flying doctors is West Africa’s first Air Ambulance Service Company. The company provides emergency helicopter, airplane ambulance and evacuation services in Nigeria and some countries within the West African Sub-region.

Bankole Cardoso - 27 - Co-founder, Easy Taxi : 

The company is a food delivery services company in Nigeria. They had a humble beginning. After the death of their father in 2009, the twins took over the responsibility of their father to take care of their mother and their other seven siblings.

Titus and Tobias Igwe - 29-  Founders of Speedmeals-E commerce: The company is a food delivery services company in Nigeria. They had a humble beginning. After the death of their father in 2009, the twins took over the responsibility of their father to take care of their mother and their other seven siblings.

Joseph Ukpong - 25 - Ceunitonc Farms - Agriculture Ceunitonc is a poultry business which focuses on breeding chicks for egg and meat purposes.

Simon Ocheni -28 -Chenix Enterprises - Chenix Enterprises – a concept that the produce and package Ijebu garri with milk, sugar, groundnut, kuli-kuli and kilishi. In his words, ‘This is an idea that I came up with so as not to be stranded after my National Youth Service.

Nigerian Entrepreneurs Who Are Making Nigeria And Africa Proud

The article was created to reinforce the TRUTH that for every Nigerian that puts the rest of us to shame, there are 100 other Nigrians who do are doing us PROUD. This is meant particularly for younger people who I admonish out of brotherly love, not to lose hope or become despondent or believe that crime is the only avenue to making money or living a comfortable life. 

Do not judge your situation based on what other criminals and corrupt people are doing. Your time will come, God rewards honesty and hard work and the wealth you build up will never fly away or diminish, it will remain permanent. The list below is only but a few number of Nigerians amongst many more , who are doing us proud and nurturing and creating investment and opportunities.

Oluwaseun Temitope Osewa
Oluwaseun Temitope Osewa is a Nigerian internet entrepreneur. He is the founder of Nairaland, a popular internet forum launched in March 2005, which was projected as the biggest African forum by Forbes. YNaija listed him as one of the most innovative Nigerians in technology

Temitope Ogunsemo
Founder of Krystal Digital, a fast-growing educational technology company that specializes in the creation, development and deployment of customized and service oriented software applications for educational institutions in Nigeria.

Oluwatobi Ajayi FICA
Chairman/CEO at Nord Automobiles Limited Forbes 30 Most Promising Entrepreneurs in Africa 2018.
Co-founder, Jetvan
Oluwatobi Ajayi, 31, is a co-founder and CEO of Jetvan Automobiles Limited, the largest authorized dealer of Mercedes-Benz Sprinter in Nigeria. He started his career at Mercedes-Benz Nigeria where he became the Head of division (Commercial vans) at 24. In 2015, he pulled together a group of investors and founded Jetvan which sells more than 500 vehicles every year.

Obinna Okwodu
Cofounder & CEO at Fibre
Obinna Okwodu, a 28-year-old MIT grad and ex-Morgan Stanley Investment Bank analyst, is the founder of Fibre, a real estate booking start-up in Lagos that allows middle-income tenants the option to pay monthly. Renting residential real estate in Lagos, Nigeria could be a hassle. Not only are houses overpriced, Landlords typically demand potential tenants to pay up to 24 months years rent upfront. As a result, Fibre is growing fast and is gaining popularity with many middle-income earners in Lagos.
Since launching in June 2016, Fibre has guaranteed $1.5 million worth of rental payments to landlords. Fibre’s main product currently lists 200 rental units.

Etop Ikpe
Founder, Cars45
Etop Ikpe is the founder of Cars45, Nigeria's foremost auto auctioning and car buying service. In May last year, Cars45 raised a $5 million Series A round from the Frontier Cars Group. Ikpe is a veteran entrepreneur with experience in transport, automobiles, mobile communications technology, and marketing. Etop was previously the Commercial Director of Konga, one of Nigeria’s largest e-commerce platforms, and formerly the CEO and Co-MD of DealDey, West Africa’s answer to Groupon.
Etop is the CEO of Nigeria’s first and largest Auto Tech trading platform; CARS45.com . CARS45 is a technology company that has disrupted the used cars sales industry by offering people a fast and convenient way to sell their cars. Since it’s launch in July 2016 CARS45 has grown to have over 35 physical inspection centres and helped thousands of people sell their cars.

Abubakar Sadiq Mohammed Falalu
Abubakar Sadiq Mohammed Falalu, 27, is the founder of Falgates, a company that farms and mills rice. Falgates owns a rice milling facility that has a capacity of 15 tons per day and has a rice farm that employs more 180 people in Kaduna state in northern Nigeria. The company had revenues of $400,000 in 2017.

Gossy Ukanwoke
Education entrepreneur, Gossy Ukanwoke, 30, is the founder of BAU Executive Education which provides Executive Education Programs to professionals, executives and graduates looking to develop business and leadership skills online and on-campus. His holding company, BAU R&D has completed investments in two Nigerian traditional Universities. He is also the President of EduTech Nigeria, an tech company that works with universities to automate the online student lifecycle from recruitment to graduation by helping African traditional universities take their on-campus degree programs online through the implementation of the best of technology, process management, recruitment, admissions and advisory.