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 CEO’ operating in the Internet of Things space. If you think a CEO’ 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.
Toba Obaniyi
CEO of WhoGoHost
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About WhoGoHost: WhoGoHost is a web hosting and domain registration service provider for Africa.
Olusegun Owoade
Co-Founder and CEO of Mecho
Olusegun Owoade is the Co-Founder and CEO at Mecho.
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About Mecho: Mecho is an on-demand auto repair and maintenance platform for individuals and businesses.

Ferdinand Adimefe
CEO of Imaginarium
Ferdy Ladi Adimefe is the team lead of Imaginaire, an integrated group of companies playing at the intersection of media, technology and entertainment. Aside its focus as a content development company, strong on ideation, digitalization and mobile value added services, Imaginaire also serves as a launchpad for creative start-ups and creative projects with a huge focus on social impact and innovation. The trajectory of his career has seen him straddle roles in the field of communications that cut across diverse industries such as Oil and Gas, Branding and Digital Advertising and Social Advocacy. Over the years, he has also packaged and produced world-class concerts and art-oriented events that capture our history, depth and culture like the musical-themed “FOR THE LOVE OF COUNTRY”, “EKO THE MUSICAL” and “CONVERSATIONS FOR CHANGE”, all geared towards sharing ideas on preserving and enhancing our cultural values and fast tracking the development of Nigeria’s Creative Economy. Ferdy is a graduate of Human Anatomy (B.Sc.) from the University of Port Harcourt and also holds a Media and Communication (M.Sc.) from Pan Atlantic University.
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About Imaginarium: Imaginarium is one of Africa’s influential content development, media and technology companies, strong on ideation.
Ifeanyi Christwin
CEO, Business Developer, Data Analyst, Web Developer of Switch Electric
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About Switch: Switch is focused on developing pay-as-you-go solar power for underdeveloped regions of Nigeria where electrification is poor or unavailable

Benjamin Abara
Chief Executive Officer of Findly Technology
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About Findly Technology: Nigerian customer-based web development company