Rouzo is a community led peer to peer platform that provides smart finance for SME's and helps individuals build wealth sustainably.

Owoafara is a technology for inclusion company that is building a digital banking market place to provide access to financial services for the underbanked. We are a technology Organization on a mission to create reliable pathways for small businesses to grow and scale sustainably and contribute to economic development. We participated in the 2nd Cohort of the Labs by ARM Accelerator program and the first cohort of SHEBA Accelerator.We have been featured on Forbes, Business insider and Disrupt Africa as one of the top 25 female led Fintech startups in Africa.Reach out to me at tale@owoafara.com for collaborations, partnership and investment opportunities.

Tale Alimi Global is a Business advisory and strategic consulting firm that supports mission minded micro and small businesses to scale through our advisory services, consulting and business coaching programs. In the last 3+ years, we have worked with over 300 MSME's and reached over 5,000. Our clients have earned cumulative revenues in excess of four billion Naira. We are currently in product development to solve the milestone funding challenges affecting over 10 million MSME's ready to scale their business.

I interview inspiring entrepreneurs and draw lessons from their stories of how they started and have become successful. My goal is to inform, inspire and motivate aspiring and emerging entrepreneurs to build the business of their dreams.

Fivestarwoman is an empowerment platform that is committed to empower African millennial women in 5 key areas of life to achieve their fullest potential. We offer insight, advice and products that would inspire them in their career, business, relationships, finances and spiritual life.Please visit www.thefivestarwoman.com for more information.

Concept Nova is a foremost indigenous IT solutions company that offers an array of leading technology solutions, bespoke software applications, and have continually proffered value to clients within various industries over the past thirteen years. It is a subsidiary of the Concept group.ROLE: Head, Marketing& SalesRole Objective-Lead the strategic market development and positioning of the Concept Nova brand-Build and manage a formidable business development and sales team-Drive customer engagement with the brand and products-Share thought leadership across various platforms with potential and existing clients-Drive sales across various product lines-Provide market intelligence to guide product development and improvement

En-reach is a Medium sized startup that offer consulting and business support to SME’s and creative entrepreneurs with a specialization in training, technology and human resource outsourcing..ROLE: Head Of strategy and Business developmentRole Objective Lead Idea development and generation process which guides the formulation of yearly business strategy. Manage Organization strategic planning and goal setting on a year to year basis Set goals and agenda’s in collaboration with each team head Oversee product and service design and launching Oversee social media engagement activities and ensure it aligns with overall strategy. Manage business development and Fund raising activities in line with the Organization’s objectives. Oversee Staff recruitment and motivationOutcome Set monthly and yearly sales targets and motivated sales and customer service staff to achieve targets Managed and supervised implementation of Organization’s budget Measured and evaluated budgeted expenditure against actual. Increased product and service offeringsRole Achievement Doubled Company’s revenues in the last 18 months. Increase business relationship partners. Led team to close two significant long term Partnerships

eSourcingng is an e-procurement and spend management B2B cloud solution that is the flagship product of Netplus Advisory limited a startup Technology Solutions and consulting Organization with partners in United States.ROLE: Country Business ManagerRole Objective To develop a go to Market strategy for the Organization which covers in-bound and out bound activities to enable us build brand credibility and acceptance in the procurement and technology space within a short space of time. To set up the Nigerian operations and ensure it is run efficiently in the areas of staffing, systems and structure. To build and maintain relationships with prospective and existing clients, as well as acquire/supervise the process of client acquisition in the 10 industries. Lead market research and intelligence projects constantly benchmarking against competitors and establishing points of differences. Build strategic partnerships with parallel Organizations and distribution networks.Role Achievements Successfully developed business strategy and launched the solution in Nigeria via media and partner relations. Started and currently manage our face book and Linked in group from nil to over 300 members. Organized the 1st ever industry Networking forum that attracted high profile practitioners and increased our sales pipeline 100% Increase awareness of the solution through stakeholder engagement via an article series disseminated via print media(Business Day), emails and social media which has established the Organization as the thought leader in procurement support technology and services. Introduced eSourcingng as a core sourcing tool to top Organizations in Oil& Gas, Telecommunications, Manufacturing and financial services sector. Hired and trained a formidable and nimble team from being the pioneer staff.

Recreations is a family owned Apparel manufacturing, sourcing and retail companyROLE: Product& Business ManagerRole Objective Develop a year to year marketing and product launch plan that manages multiple product launches to different target customers Use smart social media platforms to drive brand awareness, growth and sales pipeline. Develop and supervise execution of various product launches in the retail and wholesale segments Manage and motivate Product and business development team to meet yearly targetsOutcome Set monthly and yearly sales targets and motivated sales and customer service staff to achieve targets Managed and supervised implementation of marketing and sales budget. Measured and evaluated budgeted expenditure against actual. Wrote proposals to prospective customers and attended high-level business to business meetings. Initiated press relations with various daily and weekly print media associations Managed social media platforms like face book and twitter and converted these platforms to a sales generating tool. Contributed articles and materials to tabloids to promote company business.Role Achievement Developed creative ways to maximize sales budget and save overall marketing expenditure. Contributed in developing the various products to ensure that it met customer requirements and was priced properly. Grew wholesale and distribution relationships from nil to 25 in 6 months. Increased brand awareness of the Organization by creatively engaging and soliciting media partnerships.

Nextzon is a business process and strategic development consultancy with a bias towards providing end to end solutions supported by superior technologyROLE: Head, Business Development Business process outsourcingRole Objective To pioneer the business development unit of the Consulting and outsourcing practice. Develop a strategy document to drive the outsourcing unit covering both industry and geographical penetration. Developed a year on year marketing plan and marketing program to market our Small business ERP solution and business support services.Outcome Conduct client surveys to discover client needs and how to address it with our products Formed alliances and partnerships with organizations’ that have similar target markets like we do. Organized seminars and industry forums to create awareness about the outsourcing industry. Recruited and trained the sales team. Provide regular motivation, guidance and direction for the sales team. Ensured the proper preparation and submission of status reports. Segmented our target market and assigned industries to sales people Developed proposals and Job arrangement letters Made presentations to the management of our prospective clients. Initiated partnership with international Organizations’ like OTF. Provide business advisory and development counseling for our clientsRole Achievement Increased the organization’s client base through cold calling, referral marketing and sales force management from 20 to 50 clients in 7months. Partnered with Computer Village association and Alaba Market association to offer our solution through a cluster model Pioneered and anchored the Nextzon outsourcers learning series on Business day Newspapers that led to an increase in work in clients and brand recognition. Pioneered and successfully grew the business development team with 3 industry sub-units.

ROLE: Support specialist and Financial administrator  Supported Sage line500 software core modules Initiated and managed the line500 helpdesk that attended to an average of 2000 users within the Organization Ensured that internal customers where satisfied with the services of the Financial services unit. Managed user access and security.  Managed consultants schedules, timesheets and payment details. Managed the division’s financial control.

Oracle 9i Database Administrator and Implementation support specialist