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 Managing Director operating in the Internet space. If you think a Managing 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.
Godfrey Efeurhobo
Managing Director of SMILE Telecoms Holdings
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About SMILE Telecoms Holdings: Smile Telecom is a broadband provider company
Chris Obasi
Managing Director of Zeta-Web Nigeria
Mr. Chris Obasi is the Managing Director of Zeta-Web Nigeria Limited, with over seventeen (17) years of IT experience. Prior to his appointment, he was the General Manager IT and Facilities at Multichoice Nigeria. His ability to bridge business and technology strategies to provide productive solutions has consistently resulted in high business benefits, improved ROI on IT infrastructure, reduced TCO and increased cost savings, makes him an industry leader. Chris has a BSc in Engineering from Federal University of Technology, Owerri, a Masters in Information System Management (MSc) from the University of Liverpool and an Advanced Management Programme (AMP) from Lagos Business School. He also has different Professional, OEM, Product Training and Certifications from Foster-Mellier South Africa, Torque-IT South Africa, HayGroup South Africa (Pty)Ltd, Blake Emergency Services/Airline Training Associations UK and Redwing Satellite Solutions Uk such as COBIT 5 (ISACA) Implementation and Foundation, PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner, Implementing Windows SharePoint 3.0 etc. Chris’s passion for learning as demanded by rapidly changing technology helps him to create a skill-set and ICT knowledge that serves both individuals and corporations in their ICT quests.
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About Zeta-Web Nigeria: Zeta-Web Nigeria is an ICT firm with vast experience in innovating, designing and deploying IT technology solutions.
Kamar Abass
Chief Executive & Managing Director of ntel
Kamar Abass is the Managing Director of ntel with over 25 years of expertise in global telecommunications and a strong underpinning of working at leading organizations. Prior to joining ntel in 2015, Kamar spent three years with Ericsson Nigeria as Country Manager and a member of Ericsson’s leadership team for sub-Saharan Africa, responsible for leading significant market share and revenue growth while boosting employee satisfaction to an all-time high. He joined Ericsson’s Western European division, in 2008, as Vice President, Marketing & Business Development for one of the company’s largest global customer accounts. Kamar has also held various senior positions in telecommunications, and consulting companies focused on sales/business development, commercial management, and general management, including Vodafone Group, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, and British Telecom. Kamar completed his undergraduate education at the University of Lagos, Nigeria, where he received a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering. He holds an M.Sc in Transportation Planning and Management from the University of Westminster, UK and an MBA from Cranfield University’s School of Management, UK.
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About ntel: ntel is Nigeria’s most revolutionary 4G/LTE-Advanced network that delivers superfast call-connect times, crystal clear Voice-over-LTE.
Gossy Ukanwoke
Managing Director of KingMakers
Gossy is an Entrepreneur, Investor and Government Advisor with interest in Higher Education, Security, Entertainment and Gaming. He has worked with African Institutions and Governments to design developmental policies. He founded Beni American University in 2012 and has invested in other Higher Education Institutions in Nigeria and Ghana. He is the Managing Director at KingMakers (BetKing)
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About KingMakers: KingMakers is a sports and digital entertainment platform company that uses modern technology.
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
Femi Ogunibe
Managing Director of Techmarket
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About Techmarket: Techmarket is a full-fledged collaborative and business communication service company based in Nigeria
Ahmed Abubakar
Managing Director of Rippinit
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About Rippinit: Ed-Tech and Digital Media company, home to Koya.africa and Cave Of Adullam Records.
