YOUNG NIGERIAN ENTREPRENEURS YOU WILL NEVER GUESS ARE MAKING IT BIG

1.  MICHEAL AKINDELE

He is 30 year-old Nigerian, who is the director and a co-founder of SOLO Phone. He also produced a pilot for an original 3-D animated series titled “The O Twins” which never hit the screens due to the some challenges from the Nigerian Media market. He is also the Co Founder of JohnRhoda Enterprise who recently partnered with First Bank of Nigeria Limited to launch the “On-The-Money with JohnRhoda” TV Show. The show is well positioned to become Africa’s premier Business and Personal Finance Television Show providing unequaled educational, leadership, management and market value. The programme which he will be hosting will showcase companies and thought leaders from multinationals, SMEs, the entrepreneur & financial community in Nigeria, variety of businesses, products & services while educating and entertaining audiences across Africa and in diaspora.

2.  KAZEEM TEWOGBADE AND OLUMIDE SOYOMBO

This duo are the brains behind Bluechip Technologies, a Nigerian owned company that specializes in data warehouse and business intelligence applications with offices in Lagos, Nigeria and Lusaka, Zambia. The company was recently named the 2014 Oracle Specialized Partner of the Year: BI/EPM – African Operations, in recognition of the company’s longstanding relationship with Oracle. Bluechip was founded in 2008 by Kazeem Tewogbade and Olumide Soyombo. According to Olumide Soyombo, the company has amassed extensive resources in data warehousing, business intelligence, applications development, and business analysis and project management. Kazeem Tewogbade and Olumide Soyombo with Tope Ajao are also the founders of LeadPath Nigeria – a seed capital fund that provides seed funding for startups in high growth technology areas such as software, web, payment and mobile technologies

3.  JASON NJOKU

He is one of the co founders of iROKO Partners offers a range of online media products including its movie streaming website named iROKOtv focused on Nollywood Film productions, and 'iROKING', a Nigerian music streaming platform. iROKO Partners was founded in 2010 in London, England by Jason Njoku and Bastian Gotter. The Idea was born out of the high and rapidly growing demand for Nollywood films. iROKO partners initially set out to rid both the internet and the industry from the vast amount of piracy which was crippling the industry; once established, the organization birthed Nollywoodlove and Yorubalove, which obtained a dominant share of local YouTube views in 2011. Just four months in to his business, Njoku had bought the online rights to 500 movies from 100 different one-man production houses. The company is globally the largest licensor and the leading distributor of Nollywood movies (both English and Yoruba) online.

Tiger Global, a hedge fund run by an early investor in Facebook and Zynga, has invested $8 million into the company. iROKO Partners is now the fastest-growing internet company in Nigeria and is currently YouTube’s biggest African partner with distribution deals with Daily motion, iTunes, Amazon and Vimeo. IROKING is a free Nigerian music streaming service offering streaming of selected music from a range of African labels and artists. Its website platform was launched in December 2011 by iROKO Partners. Music can be browsed by direct searches, artist, album and playlists.The system is currently accessible using Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. source: wikipedia

4. LINDA IKEJI

She is a Nigerian blogger, writer, model and entrepreneur best known for her controversial publications and her media contributions to the development of the Nigerian Entertainment industry. After graduation, Ikeji started blogging in 2006 on the Blogger platform. Linda Ikeji's blog was shut down on October 8, 2014, but restored on October 10, 2014 around midnight by Google for undisclosed reasons. Linda Ikeji finally stopped hosting her blog on Blogspot after much persuasion from her numerous fans. It happened that almost all the domains for her name were taken so she had to manage with www.lindaikejisblog.com and has since bounced back to become the number one blogs for gossip and controversy. Ofcourse She just got herself a brand new Range and a House in banana island (LOL.. We just had to add that). source: wikipedia

5. EJIRO AMOS TAFIRI

Ejiro Amos Tafiri is a fast growing brand name in the Nigerian fashion scene. She set up a fashion company named after herself from scratch, she is a Yaba College of Technology Fashion and Design graduate. The designer Ejiro Amos Tafiri honed her skills as part of the design team at Zizi Cardow and Tiffany Amber. Since she emerged on the scene in 2010, the label has made significant progress. Her brand takes pride in the production of creative wearable clothing and accessories inspired by vibrant, fun-loving, culture of the Lagos people and the cultural diversity of its populace across the globe. Their services include a ready-to-wear line consisting of items of clothing and accessories that caters to women and men. She captures the essence of Africa with her exquisite wears. The Ejiro Amos Tafiri brand has grown to become a known name amongst fashion insiders and customers looking for a glamorous but yet creative piece. source: onobello

6. OLAYINKA AFOLABI MAYOMIDELE

He was the Former COO at A-stage Executive Security, Olayinka Afolabi Studied International Business at Coventry University. The 28 year old is now the Executive Director at SIFAX Logistics & marine Services (SLMS) Limited. A company established solely as a vehicle for the growth and maximization of Nigeria local content participation. SLMS Limited is a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) of SIFAX Group. SLMS Limited is a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) of SIFAX Group. The company was incorporated in Nigeria in 2013 to provide logistics & marine services for Nigeria and the West African region. SLMS is 100% owned Nigerian company and a provider of special transportation with respect to offshore support services, marine vessel transportation, towage and other related marine services to both offshore and onshore oil terminals in Nigeria and the West African region.