Top 3 Fintech Startups in Africa 
Fintech Africa Awards (South Africa) 2016

Africa Online Payment Platform of the year 
Africa Achievers Award 2016

Best Emerging Online Payment Platform in Africa
African Information Technology and Telecom Awards 2016

Custodian of the Nigerian Dream Award 
Save Nigeria Project – 2016

Best Payment Processor in Nigeria
DotCom Awards 2014

PERSONAL AWARDS:

Pan-African Leadership Price for Excellence
African Students Union Parliament 2016

LIRS Quarterly performance bonus for IT Unit (6 times)
6 times receiver of the quarterly performance bonus cash award for exceptional staff performance in IT Unit of Lagos State Internal Revenue Service.

Double Promotion
Dec 2009/Jan 2010  –  Promoted twice within 30 days as recognition of exceptional and outstanding programming performance and unprecedented proactivity in LIRS.

Outstanding Performance
2003 – Convergence Awards (Faculty of Engineering, LASU)

Ambassador of the Year
2003 – CAPE Awards (Dept. of Chemical Engineering, LASU)

Most Industrious Youth
2005 – YCDF Awards (Youth Community Development Forum, Lagos)

Most Diligent Youth Corper
CDC (Community Development Committee, Okodi Village, Ogbia LGA, Bayelsa State)

• Electronics and IOT Skills with commercially deployed (locally made by me) electronics. Sound microcontroller and single board computer skills in arduino, raspberry pi  among others.
• Manufacturing machines building skills. I have built cnc machines (With arduino, mach 3 boards, dsp boards e.t.c) and several wood/metal/plastic working machinery.
• Software and website development skills using PHP, JavaScript, NodeJS, HTML, CSS, SCSS, JAVA, VB.Net, Objective C, Python and many others.
• Basic experience with Computer Aided Design and Computer Aided Manufacturing Applications.
• Mobile application development skills for Android OS, Blackberry, Symbian, Windows Phone and Web OS.

• Operating system administration  on Linux (Cent OS, Cloud Linux, Ubuntu, Suse and Fedora), Windows 2000, NT, XP, 2003 Server, Vista, 2008 server, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10.
• Database administration on MySQL, Maria DB, PostGre SQL, MongoDB, SQLite, MS SQL databases.
• Network deployment and administration skills on wired and wireless local area networks.
• Training skills on most of the abilities mentioned above.
• Exceptionally fast learner, very intelligent, creative, proactive and highly result oriented. Self Taught in Programming, self taught in business, self taught in manufacturing processes and machine operations and maintenance.
• I almost forgot. I really understand accounting from several trainings and development of several accounting softwares. From simple postings to complex customized IFRS compliant management reports. Fixed asset management, budgeting and possibly everything you will find in an erp (HR, CRM, Payroll, Business Processes, Reports, Accounts, Inventory, Budgeting, POS e.t.c)

• Developed ERP (Enterprise Resource Package) for several large organisations and groups of companies in Nigeria.
• Conceived and developed www.voguepay.com. Nigeria’s biggest online payment processor.
• Founded and developed estoresms.com in 2010.
• Founded cmsnaija.com (Creative Manufacturing Solutions LTD).
• Conceived and developed West Africa’s first ever Commercial Bible Software (Biblica) under Blue Box Macromedia in conjunction with The Redeemed Christian Church of God.
• Conceived and developed Africa’s first ever childrens’ educational (interactive and animated) software(eLearning Studio) in 2008 under Afrisoft Interactive.
• Developed Lagos State Tax Audit Database under Lagos State Internal Revenue Service.The largest and the most robust database in Lagos State Government Board of Internal Revenue.

• Developed Asset Management Enterprise Software in use by Nigeria’s Largest Hydro Electric Power Station, PHCN KAINJI DAM (KHE).
• Developed Open Source Alumnia web portal application under Afrisoft using PHP and MySQL.
• Developed Lagos State Internal Revenue Service’ tax calculator software for web, desktop and mobile phone platforms.
• Single-handedly developed NairaWords mobile phone dictionary.
• Developed Afrisoft’s 2-Way Android based SMS Server Mobile App.
• Developed Africa’s 1st Bulk SMS Web Application.
• Other software developed by me include:
  eCommerce ERP which features basic and advanced ecommerce and ERP functions (Including accounting, HR, Payroll, CRM, Stock etc), Court recording system use in Nigeria’s Appeal Court (Audio-Visual Capturing, Annotations and speech to text), Nigeria Supreme Court Quarterly Law Reports Application for Funmi Quadri & CO, PHP Locker, TextOut – Text to speech, Flow – church management software, LMS – Laboratory management software, IPATH – Interactive Pathology Examiner, MLM Manager – MultiLevel Marketing Software, Paint Estimator software for architects, jincluder, i60mailer and i60 Contact extensions for joomla cms, smsreseller components for joomla and lots of custom commercial and open source solutions not listed on this website.

• Gifted. Self taught on almost everything (Except Chemical Engineering which i didn’t practice anyway). Can learn almost anything and improve on it.
• Ability to analyse complex multi-faceted challenges and break them down into achievable short term, medium term and long term goals as applicable.
• Ability to think, structure and restructure processes to make delegation and systems development achievable.
• Impressive constructive attitude towards clients, colleagues, superiors, subordinates, successes and challenges.
• Proper training and understanding of people management, accounting, auditing, taxation and marketing systems.
• Ability to inspire and motivate team members to begin, pursue and achieve predefined goals and objectives within a clearly defined time period.
• Ability to bring man, material, money and machine together for the purpose of profit making.
• Excellent oral & written communication, presentation and interpersonal skills.

Edit:
I love writing poetry and making art too.