50 Most Innovative Nigerian Youths in 2021

50 most Innovative Nigerian Youths in 2021

Being innovative in Nigeria or as a Nigerian is no ABC task. It cuts farther than developing business ideas and implementing them. The Nigerian society is a very rigid and biased one, which makes innovation a very difficult task; challenging the norms people are profoundly attached to.

Innovation in Nigeria goes as far as identifying the socio-economic problems of the society, challenging them, drafting strategic solutions, implementing these solutions, and making these solutions sustainable sources livelihood for yourself and people.

To innovate is to stimulate an economy growth. To innovate is to make basic needs affordable. To innovate is to inspire people to live a better live. To innovate is to challenge dreadful norms and prove them wrong. To innovate is to make people happy.

Millions of Nigerian youths have been doing exponentially well for themselves, the nation, and the global community. These Nigerian youths have been exceptional in their ability to identify some fundamental social, economic, and environmental problems both in the country and the international community… And also have put in some efforts, focus, commitment to render significant solutions to eliminate the problems or abate them.

Who are the 50 most Innovative Nigerian Youths in 2021?

We at insight.ng love to call them innovative Nigerian Youths. Or insightful Youths in Nigeria… and in our culture of celebrating great Individuals who have been contributing to the progress and development of humanity, both in Nigeria and abroad, we have collected a list of 50 young Nigerians between the age bracket of [16 and 35 years old] who have been innovative in their respective industries and have been able to create some grand successes we can all recon with.

The Nigerian youths on the list did not only beat so many odds, their success has earned them recognition on the international stage.

We cover industries like Business, Science and Technology, Politics and leadership, Civil service and law, Entertainment and Sports, and several others.

50 Most Innovative Nigerian Youth

S/N	Name	Industry / Sector	Firme	Age
1.	Abubakar Falalu	Farming	Founder, Falgates	31
2.	Richard Akuson	Lawyer/Writer	Founder, A Nasty Boy	27
3.	Adegoke Olubusi	Health	Cofounder, Helium Health	29
4.	Akin Jones	FinTech	Founder, Aella Credit
5.	Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun	Entertainment	Musician	30
6.	Ayodeji Osowobi	Activist	Executive Director, STER	29
7.	Bankole Cardoso	Transportation	CEO, EasyTaxi Nigeria	32
8.	Bella Disu	Telecommunications	Executive Vice Chairman, Globacom	35
9.	Ben Eluan	FinTech	Co-founder, Flux	23
10.	Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu (Burnaboy)	Entertainment	Musician	29
11.	David Adedeji Adeleke (Davido)	Entertainment	Musician	28
12.	Dimeji Sofowora	Health care	Cofounder, Helium Health
13.	Dr. Olamide Orekunrin	Healthcare and Venture Capitalist	Founder, Founder Flying Doctors Nigeria	35
14.	Edirin Edewor	Writer	Founder, online publisher	30
15.	Edmund Olotu	FinTech	CEO, G-Pay	33
16.	Eyitayo Ogunmola	Social media	Founder, Utiva	32
17.	Ezra Olubi	FinTech	Cofounder, Paystack	34
18.	Fidelis Ozuawala	Blogger	founder/CEO of Waploaded	28
19.	Florence Ifeoluwa Otedola (Dj. Cuppy)	Entertainment	DJ	29
20.	Folarin Falana (Falz)	Entertainment	Musician	31
21.	Fred Oyetayo	Internet Technology	CEO, Fresible	27
22.	George Omoraro	Media	CEO, The Rage Group	31
23.	Hamzat Lawal	Legal PR actioner/activist	Founder, Follow The Money	34
24.	Ire Aderinokun	FinTech	Co-Founder, Buycoins	31
25.	Iyinoluwa Samuel Aboyeji	FinTech	Cofounder, Andela, and Flutterwave	30
26.	Blessing Okagbare-Otegheri	Athlete	Long Jumping and Short Sprints	33
27.	Jessica Anuna	E-commerce	Founder and CEO, Klasha	29
28.	Jessica O. Matthews	Venture Capitalist	co-founder, Uncharted Power	33
29.	John Obidi	Internet Marketing	Founder, HeadStart Africa	35
30.	Juliet Ehimuan	Internet technology	Google's Country Manager in Nigeria	28
31.	Kelechi Iheanacho	Footballer	Forward, Leicester City	25
32.	Maya Horgan Famodu	Venture Capitalist	Founder, Ingressive Capital	30
33.	Nick Ionita	FinTech	Co-founder and CEO, Flux
34.	Odunayo Eweniyi	FinTech	Co-founder PiggyVest	28
35.	Ola Brown	Health	Founder, Flying Doctors Healthcare Investment Group
36.	Olugbenga Agboola	FinTech	Co-founder, Flutterwave	35
37.	Oluseun Onigbinde	FinTech	co-founder and CEO of budgIT	35
38.	OLuwastobiloba Oyinlola	Venture Capitalist	IoT Evangelist, Itel	29
39.	Oluwatobi Ajayi	Transportation	Chairman/CEO, Nord Automobiles Limited	32
40.	Oluwatomi Solanke	Social media	Founder, iCreate Africa	31
41.	Oluwatosin Olaseinde	EdTech	Founder, The Money Africa
42.	Onyeka Akumah	Farming	CEO, Farmcrowdy	35
43.	Romeo Oriogun	Author	Author,	26
44.	Shola Akinlade	FinTech	Cofounder, Paystack	34
45.	Stephanie Coker	Television Presenter	Presenter, MTV Base Africa	32
46.	Temie Giwa-Tubosu	Banking	CEO, LifeBank	34
47.	Tito Ovia	Health care	Cofounder, Helium Health	28
48.	Tomi Adeyemi	Novelist & Writing Coach	Author, Children of Blood and Bones	28
49.	Toyin Omotoso	Internet Marketing	Founder, Expertnaire
50.	Yele Bademosi	Cryptocurrency	Founder, Microtraction and Bundle Africa	30

NOTE!

Insight.ng updates the list of the 5o most innovative Nigerian Youths every 6 months. I.e Januaries and Junes.

However, in special cases where a young Nigerian steals the limelight beyond expectation, we feel compelled to update the list as soon as we can. And this also applies to innovators on the list whose line of business confirmed illegal by the appropriate authority.

Also, there may be a few mistakes in the data entered above (particularly the ages). If you see any, kindly help to correct it by sending a mail to info@insight.ng.

Also, you can still nominate towards the next update by sending Name, Company Section, Name of company and position, and the person’s age to info@insight.ng or fill the form below.