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 Travel 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.
Mark Essien
Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Hotels.Ng
Mark Essien is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria-based Hotels.ng, an online hotel booking agency which is the first and largest of its kind in Nigeria. Since establishing Hotels.ng in 2013, Mark has overseen the growth of hotel listings on the platform from just over 100 at launch to over 7,000 hotels in 21 regions of Nigeria with millions of transactions in 2014 alone. Mark Essien was born in Nigeria, and holds a Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng), Computer Hardware Engineering, from Beuth Hochschule (Berlin, Germany) and an M.Sc in Computer Science from Freie Universität, Berlin.
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About Hotels.Ng: Hotels.ng is an online travel agency specialising in hotel bookings within Nigeria.

Onyeka Akumah
CEO & Co-Founder of Treepz
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About Treepz: Treepz is a Mobility-as-a-Service platform that develops a bus-hailing application to create a safer transportation system for commuters.
Philip Okoye
CEO, CTO of Mytrip.ng – Bus Booking in Nigeria
Lover of my computer. Web Developer, Blogger, Import/Export, Internet Marketer & Business Tycoon.
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About Kray Express, Mytrip.ng – Bus Booking in Nigeria, Naija Donors, PayPaddi, thecar.ng: Mytrip Nigeria is #1 Interstate Bus Booking app in Nigeria
Samuel Odeloye
CEO @ Road Preppers Inc of Road Preppers Inc
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About Road Preppers Inc: Door to Door Trip planner, Travel Companion. Connecting people to places
Roseline Ekenimoh
Co-Founder & CEO of TORA Africa
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About TORA Africa: TORA Africa is an academy that recruits, trains, verifies, insures and provides background-checked drivers for individuals and businesses.