Damilola Teidi is the CEO/Co-Founder of GoMyWay Africa, Nigeria’s leading ridesharing service connecting travellers with private car owners who have spare seats to share. She talked to me about GoMyWay Africa, her passion for using technology to solve problems, and her interest in the entire process involved in commercializing new technologies. Read the interview HERE.
Tag: technology
Making a Difference: Free Coding Lessons for Teens at Sparkplug
Sparkplug, a social enterprise designed to fix education with software, is now offering free coding lessons to Nigerian teenagers, which includes free access to laptops. I had a few questions for Olumide Adewumi who is also the Editor-in-Chief and Chief Web Developer at Gidilounge. Read more about this life-changing initiative HERE.
Meet the Boss, Ijomah Venn Oputa, Fabricsphere.com
Fabriscphere.com is an online fabric store providing a new shopping experience for fabrics, prints and textile lovers around Nigeria. I interviewed the Founder/CEO Ijomah Venn Oputa, a petroleum engineering graduate of the University of Lagos, and he talked about the joys of selling eye-popping, high-quality fabric, and the challenges of doing business online. Read the interview HERE.