Unscripted

Ask Iyinoluwa Aboyeji anything on Unscripted
2025-01-30 13:00 - 14:00 (Africa/Lagos) | Virtual
Join Iyinoluwa (E) on his first ask-me-anything session on Unscripted.
E is CEO and General Partner at Future Africa, the fund for Africa’s future, Managing Partner at Accelerate Africa. He is well known for co-founding Flutterwave and Andela, two unicorns from Africa. [Read more about him at the end of this page.]
You can ask him anything about:

Building solutions to Africa’s biggest challenges;
Faith, spirituality and investing;
and anything else in between.

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Some proceeds from this session will go towards the work Chess in Slums Africa does to uplift children from underserved communities through an innovative educational approach, using chess as a transformative tool.

About Iyinoluwa Aboyeji
Iyinoluwa ‘E’ Aboyeji is passionate about building a future where prosperity and purpose are within reach for all Africans. He is CEO and General Partner of Future Africa, the fund for Africa’s future, providing capital, coaching, and community to bold and visionary leaders turning Africa’s biggest challenges into business opportunities. The fund has invested in over 100 companies across the continent, collectively worth over $6 billion. Some notable investments include Moove, a flexible car ownership platform that empowers Uber drivers in Nigeria, and Itana, a network of charter cities for African technology talent.
He is also Managing Partner at Accelerate Africa. Prior to launching Future Africa, he co-founded and scaled several category-defining technology businesses in Africa, including two of the continent’s first startup unicorns: Flutterwave and Andela.
While he was CEO at Flutterwave, he led the company to become one of the fastest-growing payments technology businesses of all time, processing over $2 billion across over 50 million transactions with annual revenues of millions of dollars a year. Before that, he co-founded Andela, Africa’s largest engineering organization with over 1000 software engineers. For both companies, he raised millions in funding from the world’s top investors.
Iyinoluwa has served his country as the youngest member of Nigeria’s Presidential Council on Industrial Policy and Competitiveness and has been recognized as one of the youngest recipients of a national award as the Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON). He has been named 30 under 30 in Enterprise Technology by Forbes and a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader for his contributions to the African innovation and investment landscape. Although they are a nomad family, he primarily resides in Lagos, Nigeria with his wife and child.
Listen to one of Iyin’s previous conversations:
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About Chess in Slums Africa
Chess in Slums Africa (CISA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to uplifting children from underserved communities through the strategic use of chess, STEM education, and socio-emotional development. Founded in 2018 by Tunde Onakoya, CISA began with the simple goal of teaching chess to children in slum communities as a means to enhance their cognitive and life skills. Over the years, the organization has evolved to include comprehensive educational programs that integrate robotics, AI, and digital literacy alongside chess education. Read more here.
