Ayobami Oladejo
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@ayooladejo
Telco. Fintech. Digital Transformation. Researcher. Consultant. Lecturer. Husband of a fine lady and Dad to cute babes. PhD (GIBS, University of Pretoria)
UACN Foods MD/CEO y’all 🙇🙇🙇🙇. A first class graduate of the prestigious great Ife (Obafemi Awolowo University) 🥹🥹. First class degree in mathematics. The MBA OAU also. — 5 years at Procter and Gamble. — National sales manager for Nigeria and Ghana, for L’Oreal. — Regional Business Manager, West Africa for Kellogg. — General Manager, West Africa and Central Africa, for Kerry. And now Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer at UAC Food.
“We want the South African government to be paying us R1,000,000 for the rest of our lives. They can do it, our GDP is billions, that’s why these foreigners come here.” — Jobless South African Man
Trending Photos: Kano government distributes branded panties to women.
Amid the flood of felicitations following my convocation as Overall Best Graduating Student of LAUTECH, I find it necessary to address the stir around my NELFUND appreciation post. I accept the praise, life changing offers and the backlash, in good faith. Still, it is only fair to set the record straight. I hail from a village in Osun State, raised in a modest family of five. I attended public primary and secondary schools, not by choice, but because even the most inexpensive private schools were beyond our means. Even then, survival itself; food and clothing was a daily struggle. I walked miles to school each morning, while my parents laboured as jacks-of-all-trades to make ends meet. For nine defining years before I entered university, we lived within sight of basic amenities yet beyond our reach, no electricity, no television; just lanterns and candles. Against these odds, I earned a scholarship and now this distinction. In my third year, a coursemate’s father, someone I had once tutored academically, gifted me my first smartphone which I am still using till now. On several occasions, lecturers, moved by quiet compassion, provided me with clothing. There are many other instances, too numerous to recount. So, I say this plainly, not all of us are born with a silver spoon. Some of us climbed the ladder by holding on to every rung of legitimate support we could find. As an engineering student aspiring to make academic history, should I resort myself to blaming my family’s financial situation for my inability to afford fees and essentials like a reliable smartphone or laptop needed for skills and certifications? For me personally, NELFUND was not incidental; it was instrumental and to acknowledge what helped one’s journey is neither propaganda nor misplaced allegiance. It is simply an act of appreciation. Thank you @NELFUND and everyone that contributed to this success! Greatness awaits all of Us.
