Olalekan Olude is a Nigerian

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, the

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of Jobberman, West Africa's most popular job search engine and Special Adviser on Job Creation and Youth Empowerment to

Ogun state Ogun State is a state in southwestern Nigeria. Created on 3 February 1976 from the former Western State. Ogun State borders Lagos State to the south, Oyo State and Osun State to the north, Ondo State to the east, and the Republic of Benin to the ...

Governor

Dapo Abiodun Adedapo Oluseun Abiodun (born 29 May 1960) is a Nigerian businessman and politician, who has served as Governor of Ogun State since 2019. He won the 2019 general elections under the platform of the All Progressive Congress. He was the board Chai ...

. Olude was named as one of the 100 Most Influential Young Nigerians by Avance Media in 2016.

Educational background

Olude is from Imasayi in Yewa North Local Government in Ogun State; he started his education at

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, between 1993 and 1999 where he obtained his Senior School Leaving Certificate. He proceeded to

Obafemi Awolowo University Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) is a federal government-owned university that is located in the ancient city of Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria. The university was founded in 1961 and classes commenced in October 1962 as the University of Ife ...

where he earned a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Computer Science between 2005 and 2009. He also attended Lagos Business School (Pan Atlantic University), where he completed the Executive Management Program, and The Wharton School (University of Pennsylvania), where he took the Executive Education in Strategy and Leadership

Career

Before Jobberman, Olude had few experiences working with TeleMobile Nigeria Limited as a Network Engineer and with Goldman Sachs as Technology Analyst. In August 2009, at 28 years old he co-founded Jobberman with his friends from university, Ayodeji Adewunmi and Opeyemi Awoyemi. Olude acted as Jobberman's Chief Operating Officer from 2009 to 2017. After exiting Jobberman, he was appointed Special Adviser Job Creation and Youth Empowerment to the Ogun State Governor in 2019. In 2021, Olude founded an employee health benefits startup called roHealth, which later rebranded to becom
Motherboard
(a comprehensive employee benefits platform) in 2023.

References

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