Odunayo Eweniyi is a Nigerian business executive and activist. She is the Co-founder and Chief Operations Officer PiggyVest
and co-founder of
Feminist Coalition.
Background
Eweniyi is the first child of two professors with origins from
Oyo State
Oyo is a States of Nigeria, state in South West (Nigeria), southwestern Nigeria. Its capital is Ibadan, the List of Nigerian cities by population, third most populous city in the country and formerly the second most populous city in Africa. Oyo ...
, Nigeria.
Education and career
Eweniyi graduated from
Covenant University
Covenant University (CU) is a private Christian university in Ota, Nigeria, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria. It is affiliated with Living Faith Church Worldwide and is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities, Association of African Un ...
in 2013 with a first-class degree in
Computer Engineering
Computer engineering (CE, CoE, or CpE) is a branch of engineering specialized in developing computer hardware and software.
It integrates several fields of electrical engineering, electronics engineering and computer science.
Computer engi ...
. Eweniyi started out to launch Push CV with Somto Ifezue and Joshua Chibueze after her graduation in 2013. Two years later, the trio went on to start PiggyVest in 2016.
Awards
In 2018, Eweniyi won the
Future Awards Africa Prize in Technology. In 2019, she was on ''
Forbes Africa
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'' 30 under 30 Technology list. Eweniyi was named as one of 30 ''
Quartz Africa
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'' Innovators for 2019.
Eweniyi was on
''Forbes Africas list of 20 New Wealth Creators in Africa 2019. She was nominated for The Future Awards Africa Prize for Young Person of The Year in 2020. Eweniyi was also listed on
''Bloomberg'' 50 in 2020
and
''Time' Next'' 100 list in 2021 for her joint contributions during the
End SARS protests of October 2020.
In March 2022, she won the Forbes Woman Africa Technology and Innovation Award.
In 2022, Eweniyi was selected as a Bloomberg New Economy Catalyst. As part of the program, she attended the annual New Economy Forum held in Singapore, and the Bloomberg New Economy Catalyst Retreat that same year.
Activism and ENDSARS
During the
End SARS protests in 2020 against
Nigerian police
The Nigeria Police Force is the principal law enforcement and the lead security agency in Nigeria. It was designated by the 1999 constitution as the national police of Nigeria, with exclusive jurisdiction throughout the country. As at 2021, it ...
brutality, Eweniyi
raised donations for medical care and legal support for victims of police brutality during and after the protests.
In January 2021, Eweniyi partnered with Eloho Oname to launch First Check, a platform of female business angels focused on supporting women led and women focused startups in Africa.
References
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Nigerian technology businesspeople
Nigerian women business executives
Covenant University alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people