Q: What motivated you to start Ventures Platform?

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 A: After several years working with corporates and governments delivering technology solutions, I had become convinced that Africa needed to support bold and innovative entrepreneurs with capital and all the resources they needed to plug the gaps created by government in-efficiency; this was the motivation for Ventures Platform.

 

Q: What’s your process for incubating tech companies?

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A: We identify high potential teams at the earliest stage of their development and provide them access to capital, distribution, and mentorship, working with them very closely to first find product-market fit and then scale.

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Q: What challenges do you face due to the state of the technology sector in Nigeria?

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A: Several challenges are bedeviling the technology sector in Nigeria; they include;

 1. Poor and expensive connectivity

 2. A lack of a  unified national identity system

 3.Archaic and non-responsive educational curriculum and teaching methods in our educational system

 

Q: If you were the Minister of Information Technology in Nigeria, how would you resolve the technology sector's challenges?

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A: There are many things to be done if I was minister, but my 2 priorities will include;

1. Improving the educational curriculum to build a solid base for growing the talent we need

2. Harmonizing and simplifying the countries disparate identify management systems 

 

Q: Who in the global technology community do you admire the most?

 

A: I admire Elon Musk's audacity and boldness of vision 

 

 

Q: What new technologies are you interested in, and why?

 

A: I am interested in blockchain and cryptocurrency because of its ability to reduce transaction costs, improve trust, and accelerate global transactions flows.

 

 

Q: Which newspapers or magazines do you read often?

 

A:

1.Financial times

2.The Economist 

3.Techcabal

4.Techpoint

 

 

Q: If you could solve any global problem, what would it be, and why?

 

A: I would solve economic inequality because I believe it is at the heart of a lot of today's global tensions.

 

 

Q: What are your tips for being a successful entrepreneur?

 

A:

1. Seize every opportunity to learn

2. Be gritty because nothing is ever handed to anyone.

3. Be excellent, and let your work speak for you.

4. Seek to be the best at what you do

5. Build a product that users love 

 

 

Q: You have many artworks at Ventures Park.  Who is your favorite Nigerian artist, and why?

 

A: I love Modupeola Fadugba because her work has debt and portrays black women in a positive light, something the world needs more of.