Executive Director

Adenike Adeyemi

Senior Programs Manager & Head, StartUps & Youth Enterprise

Oge Nnaife

Oge leads the Startups and Youth Enterprise programmes alongside the Gender Inclusion strategies for FATE. She oversees the design and implementation of all pre-incubation and incubation programmes for entrepreneurs across the different sectors with the inclusion of female entrepreneurs. She is an SME enabler and capacity builder with over 14 years of management experience and is very passionate about leading programme strategies that enables entrepreneurs develop financial skills to build successful businesses. She has supported pre-incubation and incubation programmes for over 4000 startUp founders across 18 states in Nigeria in the last 5 years and has closely worked with and mentored these SME’s into becoming entrepreneurial leaders.

Oge holds a B.Ed in Guidance and Counselling/Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan Nigeria, A Masters in Business Administration from the University of Lagos, Nigeria and a certificate in Entrepreneurship Essentials from the Harvard Business School, USA.

Senior Programs Manager & Head, Growth Services

Fatai Olayemi

Fatai oversees the business support services for Alumni, the mentoring programme, and collaborative funding programmes with Partners e.g Angel Investors, Banks, relevant Government Agencies. He also oversees the Incubation, Placement and Continuing Education Programmes for Alumni.

He served as a Financial Consultant, MetLife Europe Services Ltd – London, December (2012 – October 2013); Credit / Change Management Officer, Union Bank of Nigeria Plc, (February 2006 – September 2009); and Investment Officer (Treasury Operations), Broad Bank Nigeria (March 2005 – February 2006)

He has an OND, Business Studies, Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Nigeria, (1997), a Business Administration and Management degree from the University of Ado – Ekiti, Nigeria, (2002), an MSc in Finance from London Metropolitan University, UK, (2010), a Project Management Methodology, Prince2 Foundation certification (July 2012) and a Foundation Certificate in Business Analysis, The Chartered Institute for IT (UK)

Senior Programs Manager & Head, ScaleUp Lab

Akinwande Akinsulire

Akinwande is an experienced Management Consultant with specialization in Business Analysis, Business Process Improvement, Strategy Formulation, and Human Capital Development. His consulting practice boast of top brands in the Energy, Telecoms, Financial, FMCG and Public sector.

At Fate Foundation, Akin oversees the development and delivery of key enterprise accelerator programmes leveraging his vast experience in scaling businesses. Prior to joining Fate Foundation, Akin worked as a Principal Consultant at Nerilus International; Program Director at Global Analyst Academy; and a Management Consultant at Ciuci Consulting.

Akin is an alumnus of Project Management College UK and Daystar Leadership Academy. He is a Certified Management Consultant (CMC) by The International Council of Management Consulting Institutes. He has also attended specialized programs provided by University of Pennsylvania (Wharton Business School), Young African Leadership Initiative (YALI) Network, IBM Analytics University among others.

Programs Manager and Head, Research & Policy

Amaka Nwaokolo

Amaka leads FATE Foundation’s Research & Policy Advocacy work around entrepreneurship in Nigeria and works to implement programmes targeted at achieving policy and programme design, review and implementation.

Using the research-policy dialogue-policy advocacy approach, Amaka provides oversight for: the development of the Foundation’s annual research reports; the delivery of the annual FATE Foundation Policy Dialogue programme; and the hosting of quarterly policy workshops.

She also represents the Foundation’s advocacy efforts across critical stakeholder groups including the NESG MSME Community of Practice where she serves as Co-facilitator focusing on improving the business environment across the following critical areas: Capacity building and Business Support; Access to Markets and Infrastructure; Access to Funding; and Policy & Regulation.

Amaka has 12 years’ experience cutting across the business and development sectors in Nigeria. She holds a BSc in Mass Communications, Bowen University (2008) and a MWF Certificate in Business & Entrepreneurship from Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (2014).

Senior Programs Manager & Head, Learning & Influence

Akinwunmi Akowonjo

Akinwunmi leads FATE’s strategies on curriculum and content development, standards and quality assurance and impact evaluation across all programs. With over 10 years’ experience spanned across banking, IT and Social development, Akinwunmi has built expertise in program design & implementation and monitoring and evaluation.

Akinwunmi led the development of FATE’s 7 book Series, The FATE Story, and INSIGHTS. He loves music, teaching and supporting people.

Head, Finance and Admin Unit

Mariam Decoco

Mariam is a detail-oriented and action driven Finance professional with over 8 years’ experience in Management Accounting, Taxation and Auditing, Financial Management and Reporting, and other core areas such as Business Development, Strategic and Stakeholder Management.

She bagged her B.Sc from the University of Benin and has experience spanning industries including Education, Health, Insurance, FMCG and Non-Profit. She’s an Associate Member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria and continues to educate on Financial Literary especially for women and Nigerian Entrepreneurs.

Lead, Digital Projects

Eloho Iyamu

Eloho is a Project Manager with 14+ years’ work experience which cuts across Management Consulting, Entrepreneurship, and the Development sectors in Nigeria.

At FATE Foundation she oversees the development of digital solutions that helps the organisation achieve its strategic objectives to support entrepreneurs establish successful businesses that make a tremendous impact on their local communities.

These digital solutions include the development of FATE’s eLearn certificate courses, In- house LMS Solutions, Digitization of FATE’s internal business processes, and numerous other digital solutions. She also leads the team responsible for FATE’s Video and Audio Podcast series titled “Journeys in Entrepreneurship”. So far, we have released one season with 8 episodes which have reached over 300,000 viewers globally as of the end of 2020.

She holds a BSc. In Geophysics, (2005) the University of Lagos, an MBA in Business Administration, Lagos Business School (2010) and is a Prosci Certified Change Management Professional (2013).

Head of Corporate Communications and Marketing

Blessing Sunday

She is a trained and an experienced communication strategist, marketer, editor, and public speaking trainer. She holds a B.A in English Language from University of Ibadan, and M.Sc. in Media Communication from Pan-Atlantic University. She has attended series of capacity development seminars.

Prior to Joining FATE Foundation, Blessing worked as the Head of Corporate Communications and Marketing at Fifth Gear Plus Consulting; a business consulting firm. She also served as the Business Development Officer and Editor at Commercial Law Development Services, a legal support organization as well as the Lead Trainer at BUS Public Speaking Academy.

At FATE Foundation, Blessing is responsible for developing creative and innovative communication and storytelling strategies in line with FATE Foundation’s strategic goals and priorities in other to increase her reach and visibility.

Coordinator, HR unit

Omolola Ayeni

Omolola leads the Human Resources unit and drives the People Strategy at FATE Foundation. She is responsible for developing, implementing and reviewing the HR Policy of the Foundation in respect of employee relations, talent management, performance management, compensation management, payroll administration, leave management, recruitment and selection, employee onboarding, learning and development, policy formulation, conflict management, exit management etc.

Prior to joining the FATE Team, Omolola had a brief stint as a Customer Relations Personnel and Talent Acquisition & Management Executive in the Banking and Telecommunications sectors respectively. She holds a BSc. in Psychology from Madonna University, Nigeria. She also has a Professional Certification in HR and is currently an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management.

Omolola is highly professional and a great team player.

She is a success-driven, result-oriented and self-motivated individual, who constantly seeks to develop her innate and acquired skills, as necessary tools for achieving productivity and adding values in a corporate environment.

Associate, ScaleUp Programs

Olusesi Oliyide

Olusesi is responsible for the day to day delivery of FATE Foundation’s ScaleUp Lab Accelerator Programmes. He coordinates the knowledge sharing, curriculum management and quality assurance on key program requirements. 

Olusesi holds a BSc. in Geography from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. He loves football and passionate about environmental sustainability. 

Associate, Emerging Entrepreneurs programme

Semilore Oludipe

Oluwasemilore is the Associate, Emerging Entrepreneurs Programme at FATE Foundation. He is responsible for the day-to-day delivery of the Programme, alongside the Curriculum Development and Review, Recruitment and Implementation.  

Prior to joining FATE Foundation, He worked with Metamor46 Limited a consultancy firm in Lagos, Nigeria as an analyst, where he gained experience in Strategy and Corporate Culture Development, Definition, Cascading, and Implementation for multiple organizations in different growth stages. 

Oluwasemilore has an educational background in Computer Science with a BSc from Afe Babalola University. An adept musician, he is avid for personal development, and an enthusiastic sports fan. 

Associate, Finance unit

Oyindamola Adeosun

Alumni Community Manager

Itoro Udo

Itoro manages the business growth services accrued to the growing FATE Alumni community made of over 6000 entreprenuers across the country in different business sectors.

With a B.Sc in Computer Science from Yobe State University, Damaturu, Itoro enjoys anchoring events, plays sports, listen to music and board games in his spare time.

Content Creator

Oluchi Johnson-Achibiri

Oluchi Johnson-Achibiri is the content creator for FATE Foundation. She has about 11 years of experience in management consulting and a wealth of knowledge but not limited to Content Writing and management, Project Management, Due Diligence Investigations, Business Process Re-engineering, Loan Reconciliation, Training, Recruitment, and Firm Branding.

Oluchi currently lends her experience to help entrepreneurs start, grow, and scale their businesses. She was the project manager for the production of the “Setting up a Cakes and Desserts Business Handbook developed by FATE for LSETF. In her spare time, she is a writer, poet, truth-seeker, sage, and creative. She runs a blog and also manages a fashion brand called Mended Pieces.

Investment Manager, Orange Corners Innovation Fund

Tolulope Owolabi

Tolulope Owolabi is an accounting professional with over 6 years of experience in Accounting, Audit and Consulting. She started her professional career at KPMG, leading and supporting teams to audit banks, asset management firms and other key players in the Financial Services Industry.

Tolulope has extensive knowledge in Project management, Financial Risk Analysis, International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and Evaluation of Internal Controls.

She’s passionate about SME Business Development and Startup Financing due to her hunger to see Nigerian entrepreneurs succeed in their businesses.

She has a B.Sc. in Accounting from Bowen University.

Associate, Youth Enterprise

Olayemi Adesina

Associate, Youth Enterprise Programes with the StartUps and Youth Enterprise Unit at FATE Foundation.

Olayemiis an experienced Analyst. She manages the Aspiring Entrepreneurs Progarmme: Agribusiness and Digital. She has built expertise in program design, implementation, delivery and management.

Olayemi has a Bachelors degree in Geography and a Masters degree in Disaster Risk Management both from the University of Ibadan

Admissions Officer

Olufemi Fagun

Olufemi is a young and dynamic Human Resources and Global Education professional with a deep interest in Recruitment, Student Placement and Admissions.

At Fate Foundation, Olufemi oversees the Recruitment of qualified and competent entrepreneurs for all programs delivered by our School of Entrepreneurship.

Prior to joining Fate Foundation, Olufemi worked as Human Resources and Admin Officer at Junior Achievement Nigeria, International Recruitment Partner at Applyboard.

He is a graduate of Political Science from the University of Lagos, also an Alumnus of the Venture in Management Program and Young Sustainable Impact.  Olufemi has a strong interest in international Development, Education, Diplomacy, Public Policy, and Multilateralism.

Olufemi loves reading, watching football, traveling, and cooking.

Graphics Designer

Victor Olaoye

Victor is an experienced Creative Designer, having worked with several brands over the years involving sectors like NGOs, Agriculture, Finance (Investment), Technology, Travel & Tours; providing visual communication for them that helped reach their targeted audience & generate sales.

At FATE Foundation, Victor creates visual content both digital & prints that communicate our information to our targeted audience.  He also helps to maintain FATE brand communication across different platforms like Orange Corners Nigeria & MsmeHub.

Prior to joining Fate Foundation, Victor worked as a Graphics Designer at AgroReturns Limited; Graphics Designer at Blend Trip Travels & Tours; Graphics Designer at Matadors Leadership Institute. He has also worked on several projects as a freelance designer.

Victor is a Certified Designer and a graduate of Microbiology from Oduduwa University.

BRP Programs Officer

Oluwaseyi Simeon

Oluwaseyi is the Programs officer for FATE’s Business Recovery Programmes where he provides capacity building and program delivery implementation to the Business Recovery Programmes (BRP).

Prior to his engagement with FATE Foundation, he was the human resource assistant at BS Company where he oversees the operations of the entire arms of the organization alongside the human resource management. Oluwaseyi is a trained public speaker and trainer who has trained over 300 youth corps members on public speaking on the NYSC Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development through Uniplan Integrated Services.

Oluwaseyi works remotely with 6ixthsense Consulting as the Deputy Marketing Lead, where he assists the Marketing Lead in the development and implementation of the organization’s marketing strategies. He works part-time with the POA Brand to provide assistance on business documents curation.

Oluwaseyi is a Jumia Sales consultant who provides before, during and after-sales assistance to Jumia online store consumers. He is a certified Associate Human Resource Management Professional from the Integrated Institute of Professional Management, Abuja and an Alumnus, Young Africa Leaders Initiative Online Cohort 10

Simeon is dedicated to simplifying processes and procedures for others. He consistently fuels his commitment to those around him by creating positive energy and an environment. He loves reading, speaking, and traveling.

Policy Programs Officer

Godwin Henry

Godwin Henry is a development professional with experience in Programs, Research and Policy. He currently serves as Policy Programme Officer with FATE Foundation; supporting the delivery of the organisation’s key policy and advocacy efforts.

Godwin is a Sustainable Development Goals advocate and leads the Lagos Plus SocialGood team, a local chapter of the United Nations Foundation Plus SocialGood Network.  In addition, he is a  2020 Bridge Fellow with the Nigerian Economic Summit Group(NESG)/LEAP Africa. Through this position, he supported the Education and Human Capital Thematic Work Group as a Technical Assistant in the drafting of the Nigeria medium-term national plan.

Godwin is an alumnus of Teach for Nigeria and ENACTUS. His work is guided by the belief that everyone should have equal opportunity to thrive and not limited by any factor.

Program Administrative support

Felix Oladimeji

Felix is an experienced computer operator, graphic designer and programmer.

At FATE Foundation, Felix oversees the smooth running of programmes by ensuring that key success factors and needs are in place. He is also responsible for the delivery of key enterprise accelerator programmes. Felix makes sure the environment and facilities are conducive to learning.

Felix also serves as an intermediary between Programs and Finance for all Finance related

Felix is a student of the National Open University of Nigeria, undergoing a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting.

ASSOCIATE, IT SUPPORT SERVICES 

Ahmed Yakubu

Ahmed is a competent technically oriented expert with specialization in Office 365 services, CRM Management, Hardware and software troubleshooting and technical issues resolution.

At FATE Foundation, Ahmed manages and supports the Information technology aspect that helps deliver a smooth working experience from providing solutions to technical tools and software, training and data/account security. Prior to joining FATE Foundation, Ahmed worked as a technical support agent for Tek Experts.

Ahmed is a certified Microsoft office 365 technical expert and a certified security administrator associate.

Associate, Philanthrophy & Fundraising

Feyisayo Malaolu

Feyisayo provides program management support in delivering the Foundation’s strategies for the Philanthropy and Fundraising unit.  

She has a Masters of Art in Disapora and Transnational Studies from University of Ibadan and a Bachelor of Science in International Law and Diplomacy from Babcock University. 

When she is not busy with work, she enjoys spending quality time with her family.

Driver, ED's Office

Freeman Egboh

Freeman supports the Logistics Unit at FATE Foundation. He ensures regular cleaning and maintenance services for the vehicle, planning movements based on traffic conditions and running daily dispatches.  

He’s currently undertaking a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the National Open University of Nigeria. Freeman loves reading books and listening to music in his spare time.

Data Analyst

Mariam  Adeoti

With over three years cross-functional experience that cuts across Growth, Community building, Community management, Content creation, Mariam supports her unit in developing and delivering key digital projects.

Mariam is a graduate of Economics from Obafemi Awolowo University, with a CGPA of 4.42/5.0. When Mariam isn’t at work, she’s usually listening to podcasts, reading books, volunteering or watching crime movies.

Impact Analyst

Funmibi Ogunbowale

She directly supports the Learning and Influence Unit in the design and delivery of all Impact policies, and development of impact evaluation techniques for the Foundation’s learning impact assessment strategy.

She is also in charge of monitoring, analysing, and evaluating of the impact of programmes on entrepreneurs in terms of business growth. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in English Education (B.Ed) from the Lagos State University (LASU) and she enjoys interacting with people.

ADMIN OFFICER 

Olabode Peters

Olabode oversees the Administrative part of the organization. Prior to joining FATE Foundation, he has worked as store personnel for Nairda Contractors. 

He’s currently running a degree program in Public Administration at the University of Lagos. 

Olabode loves traveling and exploring great things.  

Research Associate

Oyebola Agunloye

Oyebola is a Research Associate with the Research & Policy Team at FATE Foundation with years of experience in the public and private sector which include conducting public expenditure analysis, reviewing national and sub-national government’s revenue, analyzing public debt, reviewing and analysis of public audit reports, as well as economic (monetary, fiscal and trade) policies analysis.

As a Research Associate, Oyebola has provided data-driven, and well-articulated insights with regards (but not limited) to youth entrepreneurship and support, research and capacity building as well as policy dialogue and advocacy.

Oyebola is a graduate of Business Administration from Babcock University.