Everything started with a library in Yaba.
Not a portfolio. A flight path. Scroll to travel the whole trajectory.
The Kid Who Wanted to Build Planes
I was maybe eight when I looked up at an airplane and decided: I'm going to build those. Science school, physics, engineering — everything pointed there. The interest in technology had always lived underneath it all; it just didn't have a shape yet.
The Library in Yaba
Every weekend at the Herbert Macaulay Library, someone introduced me to technology. I ran home, around fifteen years old, and told my dad I wanted to learn web development. The next morning, he took me straight to Andela — too young for the bootcamp at the time. The barrier to entry was higher back then. The path was harder.
So my dad did what dads do. He bought me two textbooks — one in C++, one in Perl. I never sat in a class for it; I taught myself, page by page, on my own.
"I just didn't know where to put it yet."
Kesse Graphics & The First Attempt
Graphic design caught my attention. I teamed up with four friends to build a creative studio — Kesse Graphics. It didn't take off, but it taught me what it felt like to want to build something. Even when it doesn't work.
The Year I Taught Myself Everything
The world stopped. I started — taught myself Photoshop in 61 days, taught JSS1/JSS2 students for my dad, tutored calculus for a friend in Canada. First freelance income. First LinkedIn account.
"The first time I sat down to truly explore what I was capable of."
The Hallway That Changed Everything
Studying Mechanical Engineering, I noticed a floor everyone kept visiting: Hebron Startup Lab. The ₦5,000 fee felt like a lot for a fresh student — I told myself I'd come back once my CGPA was solid. 100-level CGPA: 4.65.
Enactus, HSL & The Startup World Finds Me
Made it into Enactus after intense vetting. Joined HSL's Creators community and opened my first GitHub account. Free Coursera access that December — machine learning, data engineering, then brand and product management. Everything clicked.
"It sank beautifully under one umbrella. Product management."
The Year Everything Accelerated
Interim PM for Enactus. First internship at Digitally Smart, UK. Founded HebronPlug from scratch — website, infrastructure, marketing, all mine. Two more founders pulled me into their startups. I fully stepped into the startup world. And never stepped out.
Nationals, Milan & The Semester That Defined Me
Told the country director: if we don't make Enactus nationals, remove me. We made Top 10. Drove HSL's rebrand — still in use today. HebronPlug hit the Hult Prize Milan quarterfinals. Toughest semester of my life; my highest GPA ever: 4.71.
"If we don't make nationals, remove me. We made nationals."
The World of Work, For Real
I interned at TotalEnergies, deploying the OASIS system and running product analytics. Lectured Agile at Ijan Africa. Met Ikenna, who introduced me to Impulsecraft — the introduction that changed my trajectory. Graduated First Class. CGPA: 4.69.
Five Companies, One Direction
Impulsecraft, Beza, WinIt Naija, DwelX, Scribble Green — travel tech, creator economy, gaming, proptech, research SaaS. Five directions, one through-line: I find what needs to exist — and I make it exist.
This Is Just Part One
I've learned to think at the intersection of business, technology, and people. That's the work I want to keep doing.
"This is just part one. There's so much more to say."
