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Oyinkansola Adebayo

CEO & Founder of Niyo Group

Birmingham, England

Overview 

Oyinkansola Adebayo is the CEO and Founder of Niyo Group, a multi-award-winning entrepreneur, and a TEDxSpeaker based in Birmingham, England. She is a strong advocate for Black women in Tech, with a focus on Web 2 and Web 3 technologies, and has a background in investments and entrepreneurship. Highlights of her career include founding Niyo Group and serving as a Managing Director at Black Codher Bootcamp, showcasing her leadership in business transformation and innovation management within the tech industry.

Work Experience 

  • Chief Executive Officer & Founder

    2018 - Current

    Building: Niyo Labs - A gamified learn to earn platform powering up educational, employment and entrepreneurial opportunities for the next 10 million earth citizens. Niyo Hair and Beauty (Jora) - The first AR-powered afro hair and beauty empire with a fleet of salons globally featuring gamified product drops and enhancing customer experience, innovative and ethical products and robust software.

  • Angel Investor

    2024

  • Managing Director

    2020

    Running a 30 week full stack software development bootcamp with a purpose of upskilling black women and connecting them with employers

  • Scout

    2021

    Ada Ventures finds and funds extraordinary talent-building breakthrough ideas for the hardest problems we face. We invest across climate, economic empowerment and healthcare & ageing. I am particularly open to speaking to black female founders based in the UK who have disruptive ideas in the sectors aforementioned! (http://adaventures.com)

  • Angel Investor

    2023 - 2024

    Ada Ventures is the inclusive venture firm. Ada Ventures finds and funds extraordinary talent building breakthrough ideas for the hardest problems we face. We are investing out of our second fund and we invest £250,000 - £1m in UK technology companies across climate, economic empowerment and healthcare & ageing. Ada Ventures has chosen a second cohort of 20 Ada's Angels who are seed-series A specialist operators & founders in their sectors.

  • Angel Investor

    2024

  • Angel Investor

    2024

  • Angel Investor

    2023

  • Angel Investor

    2022

  • Investor

    2021 - 2024

    Future Africa an early-stage innovation fund that partners with mission-driven innovators turning the continent's most difficult challenges into global business opportunities. We are a community of innovators leveraging capital and coaching and community to turn Africa's most difficult challenges into global business opportunities. Our mission is to work with relevant stakeholders to empower innovators to build an abundant and just future where prosperity and purpose is within everyone's reach. We are primarily focused on investments in the technology, media, and infrastructure spaces.

Future Africa is a platform that provides capital, coaching and community for mission driven innovators

  • Governor

    2022 - 2022

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