The serial entrepreneur has founded three ventures, two of which are now defunct. These lessons learned were valuable for the young innovator who is still pursuing his tech adventure. 

Dare Odumade (photo) is a Nigerian tech entrepreneur and innovator. He is also the co-founder and CEO of Chekkit Technologies Corp, a tech company leveraging blockchain technologies to protect consumers. 

His tech company, launched in 2018, offers a blockchain-based mobile app that helps track food and medical products' production and distribution chain in the consumer and pharmaceutical industries.  “Chekkit developed a technology of blockchain-powered unique identities for every product so OEMs, CMOs, and Brand owners can record the history and trace the journey of their products from manufacturing to the last-mile customer,” reads Dare Odulade’s Linkedin about section. 

Thanks to its mobile app, Chekkit Technologies Corp allows consumers to authenticate products they purchase by scanning the unique QR code on the said products. Manufacturers also receive information on their products’ purchase history and read quality complaints.  They can use the data to identify and end counterfeit chains early. 

In September 2022, Chekkit Technologies Corp was selected as one of the 30 start-ups to benefit from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Investing in Innovation (i3) program.

Its CEO is a serial entrepreneur trained at the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology in 2017. In 2010 and 2015, he founded and co-founded a social network called StrictlyUI and a music streaming platform called Sharebunk App  (both are defunct). He also has a professional experience in both the public and private sectors. 

From 2013 to late 2014, he was the operations manager for the energy company Cannes Energy Nig. Ltd, a site supervisor for construction company Geei Designs and Constructions Nig. From September 2014 to July 2015, during his national youth service, he worked as a geophysicist for the Benue State Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency. 

The tech entrepreneur is also a multiple award winner. In 2012, he was named an IT guru for StrictlyUI. In 2019, he received the award for the most innovative and best digital solution in Nigeria in the health sector at the United Nations World Summit Awards for Chekkit. With this recognition, he was able to sign partnerships with big tech firms like Cisco, Merck GmbH, Microsoft, and Facebook.

Melchior Koba