Stamp Nigeria
At Stamp we track over 100,000 Nigerian startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Nigeria based Director operating in the Mobile space. If you think a Director is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected]
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Winston Osuchukwu
Managing Director, Nigeria of Migo
Winston Osuchukwu is the managing director of Nigeria at Migo.
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About Migo: Migo is a cloud-based platform that allows customers to use loans, make purchases, and withdraw cash without the need for plastic cards.
Ngozi Dozie
Co-founder & Managing Director of Carbon
Ngozi Dozie is the Co-Founder of Carbon. He has an MBA in Strategy at The Wharton School and a MSc Computation from Oxford University.
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About Carbon, One Credit, Paylater: Carbon ignites personal growth through financial innovation
Jay Alabraba
Co-founder & Director Business Development of Paga
Jay is a co-founder of Pagatech. Jay has over a decade of work experience spanning the High-Tech, Pharma and Financial Services sectors. Before joining Pagatech, he managed a Mergers & Acquisitions investment banking team at BGL Plc in Lagos, Nigeria. Jay began his career as a Program Manager at Microsoft in Redmond, Washington, where he led a cross-functional team that received several patent awards for innovative work in the anti-piracy and data protection arena. In 2004, he accepted a fellowship in Global Marketing at Eli Lilly & Co., a US-based pharmaceutical company. In that role, he managed projects for the Neuroscience drug marketing units in North America and Europe. Jay joined Goldman Sachs as an MBA summer intern in 2006, and rejoined the firm as a full-time Investment Banking Associate in 2007. Jay received his Bachelors degree (cum laude) in Electrical and Computer Engineering from The Ohio State University. He has a Masters in Business Administration from the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University.
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About Paga: Paga is a mobile payment company building an ecosystem to enable people digitally send and receive money, creating simple financial access.
Godfrey Efeurhobo
Managing Director of SMILE Telecoms Holdings
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About SMILE Telecoms Holdings: Smile Telecom is a broadband provider company
Lanre Kolade
Managing Director of Vodacom
Lanre is a graduate of Wits Business School, London Business School and Obafemi Awolowo University; who has successfully worked his way up through the ranks of the Telecoms Industry over the past 20 years. Vodacom’s culture of reward, recognition and development of existing talents, has enabled him attain the positions of Managing Director of the West, East, Central Africa & South East Africa Regions and now; Managing Director, Vodacom Business Nigeria where under his leadership the business has recorded significant increases in revenue and all round business efficiency.
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About Csquared, Vodacom: Vodacom is an African mobile communications company that provides voice, messaging, data, and converged solutions.
Dolapo Ajayi
Co-Founder and West Africa Regional Director of SOLO
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About SOLO: SOLO is an experience-driven digital content and smartphone company.
Stephen Essien
Customer Operations Director of Tigo
Stephen joins Tigo with 14 years extensive experience in the Customer Operations and User Experience Field, particularly, Call Centre Management, Channel Management and Customer Experience Management. Stephen joined in April 2014, from Vodafone, where he exited as leader of the Customer and User Experience team.
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About Tigo: Tigo is an international telecommunications and media company that offers services worldwide.
Jesse Agyepong
Marketing Director of Tigo
Jesse joins Tigo Ghana with over 11 years experience working as a marketing and sales professional, driving revenue growth for Telecommunications, FMCGs, Electronics and Event Management Companies. An experience spanning but not limited to the following companies; Airtel Ghana, Vodafone, Diageo (GGBL) and Charterhouse Ghana amongst others, he has managed different portfolios in the Telecoms Industry including Head of Acquisitions, Head of SME and Head of Enterprise Services. Jesse joined in July, 2014 from Vodafone, where he exited as the Head of Consumer Marketing. He holds a Master of Business Administration (Marketing) from the University of Ghana Business School.
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About Tigo: Tigo is an international telecommunications and media company that offers services worldwide.
Elizabeth Arhin
Human Resources Director of Tigo
Elizabeth joined Tigo in July, 2014 with a unique wealth and blend of experience in performance management, talent development, resourcing and employee, gathered from practicing Human Resources Management in Ghana and in the UK. Before joining Tigo, Elizabeth worked with G4S Security Services, an international security company, as the Human Resource Director. Prior to that, she served in a similar position at Guinness Ghana Breweries Ltd, a subsidiary of Diageo Plc. Elizabeth has also worked with British American Tobacco, the London Borough of Croydon, Reynolds Porter Chamberlain, and the British Broadcasting Corporation, all in the United Kingdom (UK). Elizabeth holds a double Masters degree in Manpower Studies from the University of Westminster, UK and in Ministry from the Trinity Theological Seminary, Ghana respectively
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About Tigo: Tigo is an international telecommunications and media company that offers services worldwide.
Gifty Bingley
Corporate Communications & CSR Director of Tigo
Gifty joined in July 2014, from Vodafone, where she managed both internal and external communications. Prior to that, she worked at the British High Commission in Ghana, where she managed Public Diplomacy on a wide range of policy issues, including the development of several bilateral projects, aimed at strengthening state institutions and improving living standards across Ghana. She also spent a decade at Ghana’s leading television network, TV3, where she rose through the ranks from Broadcast Journalist, to Head of News and also, Deputy Assignments Editor, where she developed and managed content for the various news bulletins.Gifty holds double masters degree in Political Communication from the University of Leeds, and Development Management from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA). She trained as a Journalist at Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ), and is an alumna and member of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations, CIPP, UK.
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About Tigo: Tigo is an international telecommunications and media company that offers services worldwide.
Tara Squire
Commercial Director of Tigo
Tara Squire is responsible for both the Commercial and Mobile Financial Services (MFS) strategy and execution. This includes all products and services ranging from Voice, Data, Entertainment, Content, Solutions and Customer Value Management. He was previously the Chief Commercial Officer for 4G data services provider, Blu Telecom. Tara also worked at Vodafone Ghana as the Head of Consumer Marketing. He has worked with several blue chip companies including Zain (now Airtel), Standard Chartered Bank, Unilever and British American Tobacco.
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About Tigo: Tigo is an international telecommunications and media company that offers services worldwide.
Sylvia Ankomah
Regulatory Affairs Director of Tigo
Sylvia joined Tigo from MTN Ghana in November 2011, as the Regulatory and government relations expert. Part of her portfolio includes managing Tigo’s regulatory frameworks to secure and defend our license entitlements. Sylvia holds a BA in French and Theatre Arts from the University of Ghana and an MBA in Management from Coventry University, UK.
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About Tigo: Tigo is an international telecommunications and media company that offers services worldwide.
Gottfried Sowah
Business Director of Tigo
With a career spanning over 15 years in the Banking sector including working for Standard Chartered Bank and Stanbic Bank, Gottfried joined Tigo in May 2015. He has a wealth of experience and understanding of Ghana’s business landscape, in particular the key drivers and dynamics of the economy. Gottfried holds a BSc in Agricultural Economics from University of Ghana and an MBA in Project Management from GIMPA.
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About Tigo: Tigo is an international telecommunications and media company that offers services worldwide.
Awolowo Moses
Director of ORide Business of OPay
Awolowo Moses is a co-founder of Gokada.
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About OPay: OPay is a company that enables users to accomplish more with their money by providing smart financial services.
Ebenezer Ampadu
Commercial Director of Surfline Communications
Ebenezer Ampadu leverages on 14 years business experience in the telecommunications and mobile financials services sector in West Africa; Currently the Commercial Director of Surfline Communications limited the premium LTE provider in Ghana. He was a Guest Speaker at West Africa Com 2016 in Dakar Senegal.
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About Surfline Communications: Surfline Communications Limited is a 100% Ghanaian-owned company which provides 4G LTE mobile wireless .
Dan Asare-Kyei
Managing Director of Esoko Networks
Daniel has a unique mix of professional experience, from international development to entrepreneurship to rich scientific career. He started as a project officer with ADRA Ghana in an integrated food security program where he worked with 5000 smallholders to increase their productivity, find markets and helped them reduce post-harvest losses. He then led a team of experts on USAID funded Trade and Investment program in Northern Ghana where he work on commodity value chains focusing on bottom of the pyramid actors. Daniel again worked as a GIS Program Manager with TechnoServe, on secondment to ACDI/VOCA. It’s in this role that he initiated the development of first Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) for Ghana’s agricultural sector. An interactive online platform (www.gis4ghagric.net). In research, he conducted a pioneering research in post-harvest management of perishables using advanced remote sensing techniques to model the post-harvest decay of vegetables during transport in West Africa. These models are currently being developed into a web service and a software application to promote inter-regional trade in West Africa. Daniel bridges the gap between farmer realities and technological innovations and has unique ability to translate technological solutions to solve real-life problems affecting small, illiterate farmers. As a proud farmer, he founded Eucharia Farms Ltd. and has been a consultant on GIS mapping projects, agribusiness and ICT for agriculture. In 2012, he joined Esoko Networks to become the Ghana country manager responsible for developing innovative ICT tools and e-extension services using mobile phones. He is currently the CEO of Esoko’s data collection service named Insyt. Daniel is also a fellow of the United Nations University-EHS and pursues a doctorate in climate change risk and vulnerability assessment West Africa.
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About Esoko Networks: Esoko is a powerful communications platform to help you manage agricultural value chains
Stephane Beuvelet
Acting Managing Director & Board Member of 9mobile
Stephane Beuvelet is the Acting Managing Director & Board Member at 9mobile.
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About 9mobile: 9mobile is a Nigerian telecommunications services provider.
Donald Okudu
Creative Director of SwifteCare
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About SwifteCare: Winner of the 2017 #healthmeetstech Nigeria Hackathon. Emergency Ambulance Service App
Nitin Anand
Director – Digital of Ooredoo Myanmar
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About Ooredoo Myanmar: Ooredoo Myanmar is an international telecommunications company providing affordable and easy-to-use mobile communications services.
