She is an experienced business leader and successful entrepreneur. Her impact on the African tech ecosystem earned her an appointment as the head of the new accelerator program launched by Techstars, one of the world's largest investors.

Oyin Solebo (photo) is a Nigerian entrepreneur and investment manager. In October 2022, the economics graduate and MBA holder was appointed managing director of ARM Labs Lagos Techstars Accelerator, an acceleration program launched by Techstars and Lagos-based innovation hub ARM Labs a few months earlier. 

The acceleration program she now heads aims to support fintech and proptech startups whose products are destined for African consumers. Its 3-month maiden cohort is scheduled to start in January 2023. 

“Whilst talent is equally distributed, the opportunity is not. Nowhere is this more obvious than on the African continent. The ARM Labs Lagos Techstars Accelerator furthers Techstars’ mission to support entrepreneurs everywhere and give startups the capital and opportunities they need to succeed, regardless of their location or background - and I’m honoured to be leading it,” Oyin Solebo said after her appointment as the head of the new acceleration program.  

Before that appointment, she co-founded (in 2014 ) Movemeback, a Google-backed technology platform that connects a global community of leaders, influencers, talent, and organizations to unique, exclusive, and exciting high-potential opportunities in Africa.  

In 2013, she co-founded Agonyapp, an anonymous relationship advice app. However, her professional career began in 2004 at Goldman Sachs where she was an investment associate. In 2010, she joined the management consulting firm Roland Berger as a strategy consultant. From 2011 to 2020, she worked as the managing director of  European Family Offices.

In 2021,the entrepreneur participated in the Google for Startups black founder immersion program and this year, she took part in the London & Partners' Business Growth Programme.

Melchior Koba