The serial entrepreneur has developed innovative solutions in the education, finance, and fashion sectors. Her undisputable impact on the African tech ecosystem has earned her several awards.

Honey Ogundeyi (photo) is a Nigerian serial entrepreneur and the founder/CEO of edtech startup Edukoya. She founded Edukoya, in 2021, to build an e-learning platform dedicated to Africans.

With that platform, she connects learners to digital courses and on-demand teachers for live education. "We are building the largest learning platform in Africa. We are solving a real problem of lack of access to quality education in Africa," Honey Ogundeyi said in October 2022. She offers Edukoya users- notably students in primary and secondary schools- access to content that helps them prepare for exams and do their homework. She also offers access to a question bank with step-by-step guidance and a personalized performance tracking system.  

"This model is unique in that we are reaching parents and learners 100% online and supporting them not only across exams but also the day-to-day learning, homework, support, etc.," the serial entrepreneur explains.

Before Edukoya, Honey Ogundeyi co-founded Nigerian digital bank Kuda in 2018 and led the company's marketing team until 2019. She also founded the online fashion retailer Fashpa.com in 2014.

She entered the professional world, in 2004, when she began working as an associate at UBA Group. In 2006, she joined consulting firm McKinsey & Company as a senior analyst.

From 2009 to 2012, the entrepreneur worked at Ericsson successively as a Senior Business Consultant in Lagos, Head of Brand Management in Sweden, and Head of Brand Management for the Sub-Saharan Africa region. In 2012, she started working as an Industry Manager for Google. She has also been the country director of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS)’s UK-Nigeria Tech Hub, from 2019 to 2021.

In 2018, she was appointed to the Facebook SME Council for Nigeria. Two years earlier, the World Economic Forum had named her among the top 10 innovators in Africa and she also made it to the list of the 10 most influential young Nigerians under 40 in technology. In 2014, Forbes magazine included her on its list of the top 10 emerging women entrepreneurs to watch in Africa.

Melchior Koba