Work

10+ years of building.

Product roles, founding companies, and design leadership across healthcare, fintech, and SaaS — with measurable outcomes.

At a glance — career summary

2014 — Present
Key organisations
Notable

    Experience — role by role

    Nov 2023 — Present
    AIHealthcareFounderInnovationDesign
    Sane AI
    Founder, Innovation & Design
    • Backed by and secured funding from Ondo State Government, Kingdom of Netherlands, Wema Bank, and Lagos State Government.
    • Won the Hackaholics 6.0 Ideathon as Top Winner from 1,460 competing startups.
    • ONDEA My IDEA Top 20 winner; accepted into Orange Corners Nigeria.
    • Design system adopted by 15+ team members, reducing development time by 50%.
    • 90%+ user satisfaction across 40+ research sessions.
    Feb 2025 — Oct 2025
    DesignMediaBrandConsulting
    Techpoint Africa
    Design Consultant
    • Developed FeaturedFast, designing featured images in minutes — down from over 3 hours.
    • Designed brand identities for 6+ internal products and initiatives.
    • Established an internal brand guide giving the team a clear, consistent visual language.
    • Led and delivered brand assets for Techpoint's major events across Africa.
    Nov 2024 — May 2025
    FintechProduct DesignBrand
    Zine Wallet
    Lead, Product and Brand Design
    • Led the end-to-end redesign of the wallet experience — onboarding, usability, and transaction success rates.
    • Increased activation and retention by simplifying sign-up, funding, and transfers.
    • Designed intuitive financial UX that reduced user errors and support tickets.
    • Established a consistent visual and voice system across product, marketing, and communication.
    Dec 2021 — Nov 2023
    AIFintechDesign SystemsCo-founder
    Byte
    Co-founder & Head of Design, AI Implementation
    • Promoted from Senior Designer to Head of Design to Co-founder with 4% equity.
    • 100% month-over-month user growth, from 0 to 5,000+ users.
    • 32% revenue increase through an AI automation framework.
    • 65% improvement in transaction completion rate.
    • Elevated trust perception — critical for fintech adoption in African markets.
    Jan 2020 — Nov 2023
    HealthcareProduct DesignFounderMobile
    Medipt Africa
    Founder & Head of Product Design
    • Identified and defined a critical healthcare gap across Africa, translating it into a clear product vision.
    • Designed and built the product from scratch — user flows, prototypes, and early platform versions.
    • Conducted extensive research with users and healthcare stakeholders to validate the concept.
    • Surfaced critical market-readiness intelligence that shaped the product's direction.
    Jun 2020 — Feb 2022
    EnterpriseBrandMarketingStorytelling
    Prunedge
    Designer, Brand Storytelling & Marketing
    • Built the company's first marketing team, contributing to $1M+ in sales within the first year.
    • Simplified complex product ideas into clear messaging across the website, onboarding, and campaigns.
    • Developed storytelling frameworks and messaging systems enabling scalable content creation.
    • Evolved from execution into a strategic role shaping brand storytelling and communication.
    Jul 2019 — Jan 2020
    NonprofitDesignImpactEducation
    Tech4Dev
    Brand Designer
    • 300+ design assets reaching millions of learners, contributing to a 61% enrollment increase.
    • Impact reports contributing to $100K+ in secured funding.
    • Developed scalable visual systems supporting consistent content production across programmes.
    • Led visual design for campaigns and programme launches, increasing engagement and participation.

    Earlier experience

    Nov 2018 — Apr 2019
    Brand Designer
    FourthCanvas
    Campaign design for Nigeria's 2019 presidential election and Senegalese President Macky Sall's re-election.
    Sep 2017 — Dec 2019
    Lead, Brand & Product Design
    Extramile Africa
    Design strategy securing $2M+ in funding across various rounds.
    Jun 2017 — May 2018
    Technical Director
    Enactus FUTA
    Led design, audio/visual production, and brand communications for the national competition team.
    Jan 2015 — Aug 2017
    Brand Designer
    Freelance
    50+ branding projects for African startups and institutions.

    Community & leadership

    Oct 2023 — Present
    AI4Africa
    Founder & Chief Educator
    • Thousands of learners across 8 African countries.
    • Key partnership with ColorinTech UK.
    • Featured in Guardian Nigeria and Daily Times.
    • Entrepreneurs-in-Residence programme spanning health, education, agriculture, and climate.
    Dec 2023 — Aug 2025
    HealthGap Africa
    Founder, Head of Community
    • Built a community of healthcare stakeholders bridging access and information gaps across Africa.
    • Non-profit focused on making healthcare knowledge and resources more equitable.
    2019 — Present
    VOB Foundation
    Founder
    • Personal foundation focused on community impact and youth development.

    Research — academic journals

    Evaluating AI-Driven Mental Health Solutions: A Hybrid Fuzzy Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Approach
    MDPI AI · 2025
    Integrating AI in Mental Health Services: Challenges and Innovations for Information Professionals
    Academia · 2025
    Dynamic Hospital Resource Scheduling During Pandemics with Stochastic Optimization
    ABU ADJERD · 2024
    Optimizing Personalized Treatment Plans in Oncology Using Multi-Objective Optimization
    SSRN · 2024
    Wireless Communications Technologies for Implementation of Fintech Solutions
    ResearchGate · 2024
    Design and Development of a Health Application
    Academia · 2020

    Education

    M.Tech, Industrial Design
    Federal University of Technology, Akure
    2023 — 2025
    B.Tech, Industrial Design
    Federal University of Technology, Akure · Welfare Director (Students' Union), President (NAES), Hult Prize Competitor, Founded the FUTASU Scholarship for Indigent Students
    2015 — 2020
    OND, Science Laboratory Technology
    The Polytechnic, Ibadan · Dropped out
    2014 — 2015
    Expert DOJO W23InVision Design Leadership FellowMcKinsey Forward ProgramALX Ventures Founders AcademyProduct SchoolIBMI Marketing & CommunicationsDeepLearning.AI

    Mentorship & volunteering

    ADPList
    Global Design Mentor
    Apr 2021 — Present · Active
    Cowrywise
    Design Team Lead, Ambassadors
    Jun 2021 — Dec 2021
    SIM Innovation & Networking Society
    Mentor
    Nov 2022 — 2024
    Doyen Foundation
    Speaker
    2019 — Apr 2023
    Beyond Futa Conference
    Chairman, LOC
    Jul 2020 — Aug 2020
    YALI Network Ondo
    Volunteer
    Apr 2020 — Feb 2026