“Opeyemi is a purpose driven, sound and passionate young man..
Fast Forward Venture Studio to build African startups from idea to scale
Opeyemi Awoyemi, one of Nigerias well-known serial founders, is back with another outfit.
Its not a tech company this time Awoyemi co-founded online jobs site Jobberman (which was acquired by ROAM Africa in ) and Whogohost, a bootstrapped hosting platform but instead, a venture studio: Fast Forward Venture Studio.
Awoyemi choosing this route is quite interesting, especially as many African founders either launch syndicates or venture capital funds post- or during their entrepreneurial journies.
But I watched the interview where he said so.
But if anything, he and his co-founder, Omolara Awoyemi, bring much-needed operational expertise to scale a venture studio, a rare feat in these parts. After exiting Jobberman, Awoyemi, the firms managing partner, was a senior technical product manager at Indeed.
On the other hand, Omolara, its operating partner, has worked as country manager of Jumias fintech arm in Nigeria and was a senior program