THE FATE FOUNDATION
Adenike Adeyemi
Mariam Decoco
Blessing Sunday
Oluchi Johnson-Achibiri
Omolola Ayeni
Oyindamola Adeosun
Victor Olaoye
Boluwatife Oyinlade
Jether Kakai
Damilola Oyekunle
Olamide Ogunkayode
Israel Olurinde
Olutola Olukanni
Abdul Panti
Praise Mobolaji-Ajasa
Olayiwola Alli-Balogun
Olabode Peters
Felix Oladimeji
Freeman Egboh
Adenike Adeyemi
Adenike Adeyemi is an expert in social entrepreneurship, institutional transformation, non-profit sustainability, philanthropy and corporate governance. Her 20-year experience includes working in the private, public and development sectors to develop, fund and implement innovative programs and high impact policies for MSMEs and young people.
She is the Chief Executive Officer for FATE Foundation, Nigeria’s foremost business incubator which was founded in 2000 by Mr. Fola Adeola (founder, Guaranty Trust Bank). FATE Foundation has connected over 193,000 aspiring and emerging entrepreneurs with capacity building, advisory services, mentoring and financing to start, grow and scale their businesses.
Under her leadership, she established the FATE Institute as the thought leader in Nigeria’s MSMEs and the entrepreneurship ecosystem producing 13 research reports including the Annual State of Entrepreneurship in Nigeria Report. She has led the development and expansion of the FATE School of Entrepreneurship’s business incubation and accelerator programs to 27 states and published 9 books for Nigerian entrepreneurs. She also oversees the FATE Giving program which raised, disbursed and closed a $1,000,000 Fund for the FATE Philanthropy Coalition for COVID-19 Support Fund in 2020.
Adenike also led FATE Foundation’s digital pivot to launch the msmehub.org online resource portal for Nigerian entrepreneurs; the FATE E-Learn online program; and the Journeys in Entrepreneurship podcast and video series. She has raised over over $5,000,000 to date through partnerships with leading local and international organisations including the Youth Business International, Netherlands Enterprise Agency, Meta, Standard Chartered Foundation, Citi Foundation, Mitsubishi Corporation, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, Ford Foundation, the African Capital Alliance Foundation and the ACT Foundation.
Her previous experience includes Manager, Public & Development Sector Services, KPMG Nigeria; pioneer Executive Director, Nigeria Leadership Initiative; and Learning Support Programme Manager at the New Jersey Educational Opportunity Program. She started her career in 2001 with the West African NGO Network and has Interned at the New York based Africa America Institute.
She has a Masters of Public Administration and a Masters of Arts in Diplomacy and International Relations from Seton Hall University (2005). She also obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics from the University of Ibadan (2001). She is also a 2020 Eisenhower Global Women Leaders Fellow.
Adenike’s Board and Committee experience includes Trustee of the Youth Business International; Council Member, Lagos Chamber of Commerce & Industries; non-Executive Director, VDT Bitflux Communications; Director, Oxbridge Tutorial College Foundation; and Advisory Board Member, BudgIT. She is also the lead facilitator for the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) MSME Community of Practice and the Chairman, Technical Sub Committee for the 2022 NESG Nigerian Economic Summit.
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.
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.
Oluchi Johnson-Achibiri
Oluchi Johnson-Achibiri, also known as OJA, is the Digital Product Manager for FATE Foundation. She has about 11 years of experience in management consulting and a wealth of knowledge not limited to Content Writing and management, Project Management, Due Diligence Investigations, Business Process Re-engineering, Loan Reconciliation, Training, Recruitment, and Firm Branding.
Oluchi lends her experience to helping 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 and Fish Farming Books developed by FATE.
She is currently responsible for developing, designing, implementing, and managing digital and technological strategies, solutions, and processes that support and align with the digitalization goals and objectives of the Foundation.
She was the project manager for the development of SOAR. SOAR is FATE Foundation’s Customer Relationship Management platform designed to help users SYNCHRONIZE their work, ORGANIZE their systems seamlessly, AUTOMATE their processes, and manage their RELATIONSHIPS.
She is a writer, poet, truth-seeker, sage, and creative in her spare time. She runs a blog and also manages a fashion brand called Mended Pieces.
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.
Victor Olaoye
Victor is an experienced Creative Designer with over 7 years of experience, with a well-rounded professional and expertise in creating compelling brand identities, brand designs for social media, websites, advertisements and prints, and user-centered UI/UX designs. His experience spans several industries: agriculture, finance, travel & tours, NGOs, blockchain, education, and tech.
At FATE Foundation, Victor works in the Marketing and Communication team providing visual communication material for social media, websites, advertisements, and prints across all the 3 divisions in FATE Foundation and other platforms like Orange Corners Nigeria & MSME Hub.
Before 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.
Boluwatife Oyinlade
Boluwatife is an expert in financial accounting, financial reporting, cost accounting and tax with about four (4) years of experience.
He had his ND in Accountancy, an Associate Accounting Technician (AAT) and an Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA) with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN).
Prior to joining FATE Foundation, Boluwatife worked at First Cardiology Consultant Healthcare as the Cost Accountant and Financial Accountant at different periods.
Boluwatife is the Finance Associate at FATE Foundation where he is responsible for various finance functions ranging from analysing financial statements, cost accounting, budgeting, cashflow, internal control, risk management, posting and review of transactions in line with IFRS, various tax deductions and remittance.
His interests are in finance, data analysis, computers, volunteering, travels and sports.
Jether Kakai
Jether is a programme project management professional at FATE Foundation with experiences that cut across, building, monitoring and implementing strategies, programme management, and designing the learning experience.
She over the years has helped the youth through capacity building training to start and run an effective business in the Nigerian economy. Jether is skilled in public speaking and presentation, project management and consulting, curriculum development and monitoring.
Damilola Oyekunle
Olamide Ogunkayode
Israel Olurinde
Israel is an experienced and certified Visual Designer in Graphics Design and Photography. He has volunteered as an editor at a renowned photography laboratory in kaduna and prior before joining FATE Foundation he works as a freelance graphics designer.
At FATE Foundation, Israel enable business development effort for key courses and products. He also supports Marketing and Communications Unit with advertising, digital marketing, promotional efforts and sales of FATE published books, programs and products through a variety of channels.
Israel attended various Leadership Program, Entrepreneurship and Capacity Building Programs. He is an alumnus of Daystar Leadership Academy and The Platform: Young Professionals, he also attended virtual programs provided by PARADIGM INITIATIVE where he was awarded Certificate of Achievement on Life – Skills, ICTs, Financial readiness and STARTUP KANO where he was also awarded Certificate on BUILD TO ACCELERATE Virtual Business Acceleration Program among others.
Olutola Olukanni
Olutola, an alumni of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) who is keen on personal growth and development is the Volunteer Programs Intern at FATE Foundation.
At FATE Foundation, she gives support to the vast range of top professionals who volunteer for the organisation in different capacities.
She also works with the program managers across the different units to match volunteers, monitor their engagement and activities across all FATE programmes, and also ensure that they are celebrated and recognised appropriately.
Olutola has her interest spanning across content strategy and writing across several sectors, brand communication, advocacy for women’s involvement in business and leadership, agribusiness, fashion and arts and craft.
On the side, Olutola makes beautiful dresses, volunteers for programs/events and manage communities of teenagers and youths interested in their personal development and relevance in their chosen fields.
Abdul Panti
Praise Mobolaji-Ajasa
Olayiwola Alli-Balogun
Olayiwola is a creative person driven by his passion for design and user experience. He is skilled with graphic tools such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Figma, Canva and he has an artistic approach towards everything he creates.
He is certified in Foundation of User Experience (UX) with Google, creating interactive designs, user research(UrX) and user experience. He is also an experienced Photographer and Photo Retoucher.
Olayiwola volunteered as a Graphic Designer at The Our Community (TOC) before joining FATE Foundation, and worked as a Market Developer at Kyosk Digital Solution assigned with raising sales to significant measures.
At FATE Foundation, Ola works with the Marketing and Communication team and is embodied with the role of creating visual communication designs for FATE Foundation platforms and substitutes.
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.
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.
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.
THE FATE SCHOOL
Adebambo Adebowale
Akinwunmi Akowonjo
Oluwaseun Oshoniyi
Aghogho Akporido
Eniola Temitope Ahmed
Ijeoma Adesanya
Semilore Oludipe
Great Ukazim
Cindy Ezerioha
Eseosa Aikhionbare
Oluwaseyi Simeon
Olufemi Fagun
Funmibi Ogunbowale
Oluwadarasimi Akinola
Ayomide Ogunleye
Michael Ayinla
Kelechi Azunda
Soffiah Bello
Oluwasegun Ogungbemi
Rebecca Adewole
Anastasia Uzokwe
Dean and Director, FATE School
Adebambo Adebowale
Mr. Adebambo Adebowale is the Dean and Director of the FATE School. As the Dean, Bambo oversees the strategic leadership and direction of the FATE School’s curriculum, programming and impact focused strategies across the school’s incubation, pre-incubation, owner-manager and accelerator programs.
Bambo brings to this role over 2 decades of experience in providing capacity building, mentoring and advisory support to the small and medium enterprise space in Nigeria including being a volunteer of the Foundation since 2002 where he has served as Faculty, Advisor, Mentor and Course Director across all our key flagship programs. His expertise includes business planning and strategic planning, financial management, investment readiness and growth advisory support to entrepreneurs. He is also the recipient of two FATE Annual Awards for Faculty and Advisor of the Year awards. He has over 25 years of experience in the corporate sector.
Prior to joining FATE Foundation, Bambo was the Head of Business Development at Mitsubishi Corporation, Nigeria & Ghana. His previous professional experiences included the UK Inland Revenue Service, PwC, and General Electric’s European Equipment Leasing Business.
Bambo is an active member of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industries having previously Chaired the Auto & Allied Sector group. He serves on the Boards of a number of non-profit organisations as a trustee and director and also provides advisory support to businesses on venture capital, systems integration and automotive systems.
He is a lover of golf and cricket and farming.
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.
Senior Programs Manager & Head Growth & Alumni Services
Oluwaseun Oshoniyi
Oluwaseun Oshoniyi is an expert in Business Development and Non-profit Management with specializations in Strategy, Process Improvement, Business Intelligence, and Stakeholder Management. Her 11 year experience includes working within the private, public and development sectors.
Oluwaseun’s career trajectory includes working as the Head of Membership Relations at The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, where she promoted business growth through customer acquisition, partnerships, and business development. At WAVE (West Africa Vocational Education), Oluwaseun designed and executed organizational strategy, innovation, and data management as the Business Intelligence Analyst and Human Resources Coordinator. She has also worked as Programs Officer at the Public Service Institute of Nigeria, Abuja.
She earned both Master of Arts and Bachelor of Arts degrees in Public Administration from Nelson Mandela University. Oluwaseun’s rich educational background aids her skills in customer acquisition, customer relationship management, project management, critical thinking, and decision-making. She is also an Associate of Chartered Institute of Personnel Management and an Alumnus of The Covenant Nation Community Groups.
She is currently the Senior Programs Manager, Head Growth and Alumni Services at FATE Foundation, where she leads the Growth Services Unit in supporting the growth of aspiring and emerging entrepreneurs through the provision of business advisory services, mentoring support, Alumni Community networking and access to financing to start, grow and scale their businesses.
Senior Programs Manager and Head, StartUps & Youth Enterprise
Aghogho Akporido
Aghogho Akporido is an experienced program manager with expertise in program design, management, delivery and evaluation; strategy development; instructional design; stakeholder engagement; capacity building and consulting.
Aghogho has over a decade of work experience spanning four sectors: agribusiness, journal publishing, learning and development, and nonprofit. He has held top management positions in all four sectors providing strategic, management and leadership support.
At FATE Foundation, Aghogho oversees the development of strategies and effective implementation of all Startups and Youth Incubation Programs.
Before joining FATE Foundation, Aghogho worked as an Executive Secretary at Knowledge Exchange Centre (a CSR initiative of XL Africa Group Ltd), where he designed, developed and managed numerous youth-led programmes (entrepreneurship and employability programmes) which have impacted over 3,000 participants across Nigeria and Africa.
Aghogho is an alumnus of Lagos Business School, where he obtained his MBA. He has a certificate in Nonprofit Leadership and Management also from LBS.
Aghogho is a certified business development service provider from Enterprise Development Center, Pan-Atlantic University.
Senior Programs Manager, Women -Led Enterprise
Eniola Temitope Ahmed
Eniola specializes in program development and training. She develops and implement programs that improves the business skills and knowledge of potential and existing entrepreneurs.
She has a Bachelor of Tech in Agricultural Economics and Extension from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho, OYO State. Certificate in Non-Profit Leadership and Management Programme (NLPM) from Lagos Business School, Pan-Atlantic University. ILO Trainer Certification in Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB) 2021 Training Packages.
Prior to joining The FATE School of FATE Foundation, Eniola worked at Stobertag as the Team Lead where she oversees business and management trainings, selection of trainers, development of curriculum and course plan to achieve training objectives. She also handles the management and representation of the project to external and internal partners and stakeholders. She also worked at Amelior Consult as the Programmes Director for conceptualization and implementation of business training programmes. Research and development of training materials customized for specific target group. Eniola has also worked with African Women and Youth Organisation as the CD/Program Coordinator. She is responsible for organizing and executing community enterprise development conference with local and international partners. She also provided support to complement grassroots initiatives at the local government level.
At The FATE School of FATE Foundation, Eniola is the Senior Programs Manager, Women-Led Enterprise, where she is responsible for the design, delivery and implementation of the tripartite project aimed at supporting women-owned nano and micro businesses across Nigeria in line with then The FATE School’s strategic direction and focus areas.
Eniola is interested in research and youth development and serves as a youth instructor in a faith-based organization in Lagos and she is passionate about young people achieving their purpose in life and on time.
Senior Programs Manager and Head, ScaleUp Lab
Ijeoma Adesanya
Ijeoma is an experienced Finance professional and gender equality & social inclusion (GESI) specialist.
Ijeoma has a BA.Hons in Accounting and Management from the University of Reading, an MSc in Business Analytics and Consulting from Warwick Business School and a CPD in Public Policy Analysis – London School of Economics and Political Science.
Prior to Joining The FATE School of FATE Foundation, Ijeoma worked as the Gender Inclusion and Policy Specialist in Kobikam Africa where she worked with private sector organizations to drive gender inclusion in the workplace and also coached and trained over 100 female entrepreneurs in Africa.
She also worked in General Electric (GE) Africa where she held several finance leadership positions with the most recent as the Cash Leader for Sub-Saharan Africa where she drove the operational cash flow of the region, driving the gas power business to over $100M in one year.
She had previously held positions in business development, sales and corporate finance and lived and worked across regions including East & South Africa, and Europe.
At The FATE School of FATE Foundation, Ijeoma is the Senior Programs Manager and Head, Scale-Up Lab where she is responsible for developing, managing, and overseeing the effective implementation and delivery of all ScaleUp strategies, programs, projects and initiatives in line with The FATE School’s strategic direction and focus
areas.
Ijeoma loves travelling, reading non-fiction books, fashion, coaching entrepreneurs, and empowering women.
Associate, Accelerator Programs
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.
Coordinator, StartUp Programs
Great Ukazim
Great Ukazim is an Experienced Analyst and the Associate Startup Programs at FATE Foundation, he oversees the designing, building and implementation of all the Startup programs in the Startup Programs and Youth Enterprise unit of FATE Foundation.
He is a passionate business growth strategist and has grown over 200 businesses. His vision is to help businesses transcend into legacies and help individuals become success driven. He volunteers as a facilitator and mentor at Myfarm Base Africa, KingsHome etc.
Great is a graduate of Mathematics from Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike.
Programs Manager, Head Learning and Influence
Cindy Ezerioha
With a decade of experience in the non-profit sector, Cindy has dedicated her career to advancing women’s empowerment and providing learning opportunities to youths.
Her expertise includes delivering technical and vocational education and training (TVET), Incubation programmes and overseeing enterprise initiatives.
Cindy holds a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work and a Master’s degree in Research and Public Policy from the University of Lagos.
As Head of the Learning and Influence department at FATE School, FATE Foundation, she leads monitoring and evaluation/impact reporting, quality control, and volunteer management efforts.
Previously, Cindy managed incubation programs at FATE Foundation, supporting 200+ businesses at various stages of development to establish structure and processes.
She also served as Executive Secretary of Awesome Treasures Foundation, where she implemented capacity-building projects for 1000+ women and young girls and guided impact reporting and storytelling strategies for various organizations.
Cindy’s interests include entrepreneurship, innovation,inclusivity studies, sustainability, and impact reporting. When she’s not working, she enjoys swimming, watching movies, and connecting with people.
Lead, Mentoring and Volunteer Program
Eseosa Aikhionbare
Eseosa Aikhionbare has over 9 years experience as an administrative and human resource professional, in the health and finance sector, with specialization in people management, administration, data management and analysis.
At Fate foundation, Eseosa functions in the capacity of mentoring and volunteer program lead. Where she coordinates the end-to-end process for mentoring across all accelerator and incubator programs. In addition, she also provides strategic support in managing FATE Foundation volunteer
Eseosa is an Alumnus of Adekunle Ajasin University and University of Benin, where she obtained her bachelor’s and master’s degree respectively. She has also undertaken special programs in health and safety offered by WSO.
Eseosa is passionate about helping the vulnerable in the society, baking, managing events, catering and podcasting on personal development.
Associate, AEP Futuremakers
Oluwaseyi Simeon
Oluwaseyi is the Programs Associate for FATE’s Aspiring Entrepreneurs Program where he provides capacity building and program delivery implementation to the Futuremakers Aspiring Entrepreneurs Program for Persons with Disability and Tertiary Institution Students
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
Oluwaseyi is dedicated to simplifying processes and procedures for others. He consistently fuels his commitment to those around him by creating a positive energy and environment. He loves reading, speaking, and travelling.
Recruiter, FATE School
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.
Associate, Women-Led Enterprise
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.
Program Officer, Scale Up Lab
Oluwadarasimi Akinola
Editorial Associate, Learning and Influence
Ayomide Ogunleye
Ayomide is an experienced researcher and content strategist.
She has a combined experience of five years working across startups, non-profit and for-profit organizations.
At The FATE School, Ayomide creates thought-leadership content, utilizing Search Engine Optimization (SEO) techniques, and monitoring users’ content needs.
Prior to joining The FATE School, Ayomide has worked as a Research and Programs Assistant at Stand to End Rape (STER) Initiative, Content Strategist at Pushmedea Branding Agency and Digital Content Writer at FAME Foundation. Her expertise includes; research, copywriting, editing, SEO, editorial planning, content audit and social media.
OCIF Manager
Michael Ayinla
Michael Oluwadamilare Ayinla is a certified finance & accounting Professional with over 7 years work experience at various accounting & finance capacities across diverse industries. He obtained his bachelor’s degree in accounting and was qualified as an associate member (ACA) of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) in December 2019.
Before he joined FATE Foundation, he has worked with a couple of organisations as the Head of Finance, where he performs core accounting functions. The organisations include but not limited to Elegance Farm and Product Co, Elegance Debosin Nig. Limited, Emo Media Limited, and Anchor Homes Development Limited.
At The FATE School of FATE Foundation, Michael is currently the Orange Corners Innovation Fund Manager where he oversees the implementation of the OCIF strategy for Nigeria, Monitor disbursement of Track 1 & Track 2 funds in line with guidelines & Ensure regular reporting to the Netherland Enterprise Agency (NEA)
Volunteer Management Intern
Kelechi Azunda
Kelechi is an experienced Technologist, also an aspiring Data Scientist with interest on Data Visualization and Analysis.
At FATE School, Kelechi effectively supports exciting new programs being developed for volunteers and assist in management of volunteers database.
Prior to joining The FATE School, Kelechi has interned at Arubah Specialist Hospital were he assisted with patients database and worked in the laboratory unit. He Volunteers with One Million Leaders Africa (OMLA) where he assist on environmental safety through proper waste management. His expertise includes; Research and Analysis, Data management.
Kelechi is a graduate of Science Laboratory Technology from the University of Calabar, Cross Rivers State.
Officer, Growth Support Services
Soffiah Bello
She has a bachelor’s degree in History and Strategic Studies at the University of Lagos. She has certification in the following courses Data Analytics, Advanced Excel, and Power Bi and Product Management from Dataleum Academy and Utiva Product School, respectively.
Prior to joining The FATE School of FATE Foundation, she worked at Gerald Dominic Nectar as a sales and marketing officer; driving sales and ensuring proper brand representation.
She also worked at Flourish Field Academy as an Administrative Assistant to the Human Resource Officer carrying out all administrative and staff support functions in the organization. Soffiah has also worked at Eatfullybaked as a Business Development Officer.
At The FATE School, Soffiah is the Officer, Growth Support Services, where she implements growth strategies for the foundation’s alumni businesses.
Soffiah takes delight in solving business problems and research activities.
Alumni Community Officer
Oluwasegun Ogungbemi
Olusegun has expertise in project management, program development, and management, with five years of experience working in both the business and social development sectors to develop and implement marketing strategies for businesses, as well as high-impact innovative programs and leadership and strategic professional courses for NGOs.
He holds a Bachelor of Technology in Project Management Technology from the Federal University of Technology Akure. He has certification in the following courses: The Fundamentals of Digital Marketing from Grow with Google Africa, Understanding Modern Business and Organisations from the University of Strathclyde, and Management and Leadership: Growing as a Manager from The Open University.
Prior to joining The FATE School of FATE Foundation, he worked at Ideation Hub Africa as a Program officer for courses and conferences, developing and driving educative resources for development practitioners while creating a new income pathway for the organisation.
He also worked at Centre for Women and Youth Wellbeing and Advocacy as the Project Lead; ideating, Planning and executing the vocational training and empowerment scheme targeted towards empowering the unschooled and less privileged, especially in the rural; areas in Ondo state.
Under his leadership at St. Luke’s Event Centre as the Facility Manager, Oluwasegun developed business and marketing plans to achieve revenue goals and a bank loan payback plan of about 20 million naira within the 10 months of opening the facility, delegated and oversee staff activities, and advised management on measures to improve efficiency and achieve the cost-effectiveness of the facility.
At The FATE School, Oluwasegun is the Alumni Community Officer, where he develops, coordinates, promotes and evaluates special events, programs, and projects for FATE School Alumni Community, with a focus on ensuring Alumni members, are effectively engaged and supporting post-programs at The FATE School.
Oluwasegun takes delight in solving business problems, helping businesses and social impact organisations grow and scale up through strategic planning and leadership and profitable collaborations.
Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer
Rebecca Adewole
Incubation Programs Intern
Anastasia Uzokwe
THE FATE INSTITUTE
Amaka Nwaokolo
Oyebola Agunloye
Iyunade Ojutalayo
Amaka Nwaokolo
Amaka Nwaokolo has over 13 years’ experience cutting across the business and development sectors in Nigeria. She heads the FATE Institute at FATE Foundation where she implements the Institute’s Research & policy Advocacy initiatives around entrepreneurship in Nigeria targeted at achieving policy and programme design, review and implementation.
Since 2015 when she joined FATE Foundation, she has led the development 12 research reports including the Mapping Study of Nigeria’s Entrepreneurship Ecosystem and the State of Entrepreneurship report. She has also led the delivery of 10 annual Policy Dialogue programmes and policy workshop sessions which bring together key policy and entrepreneurship ecosystem players across public, private and development sectors in Nigeria to discuss entrepreneurship thematic issues and develop key agreements that influence the Institute’s policy advocacy focus. Amaka also represents the FATE Institute’s advocacy efforts across critical stakeholder groups in Nigeria such as the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) where she serves as the Co-Facilitator on the MSME Community of Practice.
She has a Bachelors of Science Degree from Bowen University, Osun State and a Certificate in Business & Entrepreneurship from Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
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.
Iyunade Ojutalayo
Iyunade Ojutalayo specialises in International Law. She has an LL.B (Bachelor of Laws Degree) and an LL.M (Master of Laws) in International Legal Studies.
Prior to joining The FATE Institute of FATE Foundation, she previously worked at PwC as a member of their ESG team, where she advised businesses on how to be sustainable. She also worked at Invictus Africa as the Project Lead where she planned and implemented the data-gathering processes to create a report on curbing gender-based violence.
At The FATE Institute, she works as the Policy Programs Associate, and is responsible for building the Institute’s thought leadership within the Nigerian Entrepreneurship Ecosystem.
She is very interested in volunteering to the less privileges, educating young girls and boys on gender-based violence and all things fashion.
THE FATE GIVING
Owolabi Onamade
Associate, FATE Giving / Strategy
Owolabi Onamade
Owolabi is a political scientist and social media strategist who is passionate about making Nigeria and the world at large a better place through selfless service and leadership.
At FATE Foundation, Owolabi oversees the strategic planning and execution of FATE Giving’s program and activities. He also assists with fundraising and other board-related activities. Prior to FATE Foundation, Owolabi worked as a social media consultant in Ecobank Nigeria’s regional contact centre, volunteered at the Teach for Nigeria fellowship, learnt the ropes of the family business at Femi Onamade and Company and was a graduate intern at Lagos State House of Assembly.
Owolabi is an alumnus of Teach for Nigeria with a diploma in social media strategy and other certification in the fundamentals of digital marketing, social entrepreneurship and adaptive leadership. He is also a graduate of Political science from Babcock University. When he is not working, he is playing chess or spending time with his family.