{"id":29666,"date":"2025-06-04T15:19:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T15:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/?p=29666"},"modified":"2025-06-04T15:19:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T15:19:06","slug":"education-profile-of-iyinoluwa-aboyeji","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/education-profile-of-iyinoluwa-aboyeji\/","title":{"rendered":"Education Profile of Iyinoluwa Aboyeji"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Iyinoluwa Aboyeji is one of Africa\u2019s most driven and visionary entrepreneurs \u2014 a passionate believer in purpose-led prosperity and a bold builder of the continent\u2019s future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Born in Lagos and educated at Loyola Jesuit College in Abuja, he later earned a degree in Legal and International Studies from the University of Waterloo, Canada. But instead of staying abroad, he returned to build for Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1748857084113.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1748857084113.jpg 768w, https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1748857084113-300x244.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Iyinoluwa Aboyeji<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At just 23, he co-founded Andela, a global talent accelerator that trained thousands of African software engineers and connected them with global tech giants like Google, Facebook, and Microsoft \u2014 earning backing from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Soon after, in 2016, he co-founded Flutterwave, a payment infrastructure platform now powering over 1 million businesses in <strong>30+ African countries<\/strong>, including major players like Uber, Flywire, and PiggyVest. Valued at $3 billion, Flutterwave has become one of Africa\u2019s biggest unicorns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But Iyin\u2019s biggest bet wasn\u2019t on companies \u2014 it was on people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through Future Africa, a venture platform he leads as CEO and General Partner, he has invested in over 100 startups across fintech, healthtech, agritech, and edtech \u2014 together valued at over $6 billion. Some of these game-changing ventures include Moove (car financing for Uber drivers), Itana (Africa\u2019s digital charter city), Releaf, Tushop, and Tambua Health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond business, Iyin\u2019s impact spans public policy and urban innovation. He served as Deputy Director-General of Oby Ezekwesili\u2019s 2019 presidential campaign and currently chairs Talent City, a visionary smart city for innovators. In 2024, he was appointed to Nigeria\u2019s 3MTT Advisory Committee, supporting the national drive to scale digital skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In recognition of his contributions, he received the national honour of Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) in 2022, and has been named a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree and a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But for Iyin, true honour lies not in accolades \u2014 but in building ecosystems, communities, and platforms that power Africa\u2019s transformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He\u2019s not waiting for the future.<br>He\u2019s building it \u2014 one founder, one bold idea, one bet at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: LinkedIn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iyinoluwa Aboyeji is one of Africa\u2019s most driven and visionary entrepreneurs \u2014 a passionate believer in purpose-led prosperity and a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29667,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[2773,2769,2770,2768,2772],"class_list":["post-29666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","tag-3mtt","tag-andela","tag-flywire","tag-iyinoluwaaboyeji","tag-piggyvest"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Education Profile of Iyinoluwa Aboyeji - PressPayNg Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/education-profile-of-iyinoluwa-aboyeji\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Education Profile of Iyinoluwa Aboyeji - PressPayNg Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Iyinoluwa Aboyeji is one of Africa\u2019s most driven and visionary entrepreneurs \u2014 a passionate believer in purpose-led prosperity and a\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/education-profile-of-iyinoluwa-aboyeji\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"PressPayNg Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-04T15:19:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-04T15:19:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1748857084113.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"768\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"624\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"press_admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"press_admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/education-profile-of-iyinoluwa-aboyeji\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/education-profile-of-iyinoluwa-aboyeji\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"press_admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d190f9f0919168cffa93a7e976d3057e\"},\"headline\":\"Education Profile of Iyinoluwa Aboyeji\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-04T15:19:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-04T15:19:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/education-profile-of-iyinoluwa-aboyeji\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":342,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/education-profile-of-iyinoluwa-aboyeji\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/1748857084113.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"3MTT\",\"Andela\",\"Flywire\",\"IyinoluwaAboyeji\",\"PiggyVest\"],\"articleSection\":[\"FEATURED\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/education-profile-of-iyinoluwa-aboyeji\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/education-profile-of-iyinoluwa-aboyeji\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/education-profile-of-iyinoluwa-aboyeji\\\/\",\"name\":\"Education Profile of Iyinoluwa Aboyeji - PressPayNg Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/education-profile-of-iyinoluwa-aboyeji\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/education-profile-of-iyinoluwa-aboyeji\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/1748857084113.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-04T15:19:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-04T15:19:06+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/education-profile-of-iyinoluwa-aboyeji\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/education-profile-of-iyinoluwa-aboyeji\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/education-profile-of-iyinoluwa-aboyeji\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/1748857084113.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/1748857084113.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":624},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/education-profile-of-iyinoluwa-aboyeji\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Education Profile of Iyinoluwa Aboyeji\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"PressPayNg Blog\",\"description\":\"News and Updates From PressPayNg\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"PressPayNg Blog\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/cropped-logo-dark.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/cropped-logo-dark.png\",\"width\":468,\"height\":117,\"caption\":\"PressPayNg Blog\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d190f9f0919168cffa93a7e976d3057e\",\"name\":\"press_admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/07\\\/PressPayNg-pic-150x150.jpeg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/07\\\/PressPayNg-pic-150x150.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/07\\\/PressPayNg-pic-150x150.jpeg\",\"caption\":\"press_admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/blog-api\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/author\\\/press_admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Education Profile of Iyinoluwa Aboyeji - PressPayNg Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/education-profile-of-iyinoluwa-aboyeji\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Education Profile of Iyinoluwa Aboyeji - PressPayNg Blog","og_description":"Iyinoluwa Aboyeji is one of Africa\u2019s most driven and visionary entrepreneurs \u2014 a passionate believer in purpose-led prosperity and a","og_url":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/education-profile-of-iyinoluwa-aboyeji\/","og_site_name":"PressPayNg Blog","article_published_time":"2025-06-04T15:19:03+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-06-04T15:19:06+00:00","og_image":[{"width":768,"height":624,"url":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1748857084113.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"press_admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"press_admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/education-profile-of-iyinoluwa-aboyeji\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/education-profile-of-iyinoluwa-aboyeji\/"},"author":{"name":"press_admin","@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/d190f9f0919168cffa93a7e976d3057e"},"headline":"Education Profile of Iyinoluwa Aboyeji","datePublished":"2025-06-04T15:19:03+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-04T15:19:06+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/education-profile-of-iyinoluwa-aboyeji\/"},"wordCount":342,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/education-profile-of-iyinoluwa-aboyeji\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1748857084113.jpg","keywords":["3MTT","Andela","Flywire","IyinoluwaAboyeji","PiggyVest"],"articleSection":["FEATURED"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/education-profile-of-iyinoluwa-aboyeji\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/education-profile-of-iyinoluwa-aboyeji\/","url":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/education-profile-of-iyinoluwa-aboyeji\/","name":"Education Profile of Iyinoluwa Aboyeji - PressPayNg Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/education-profile-of-iyinoluwa-aboyeji\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/education-profile-of-iyinoluwa-aboyeji\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1748857084113.jpg","datePublished":"2025-06-04T15:19:03+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-04T15:19:06+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/education-profile-of-iyinoluwa-aboyeji\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/education-profile-of-iyinoluwa-aboyeji\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/education-profile-of-iyinoluwa-aboyeji\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1748857084113.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1748857084113.jpg","width":768,"height":624},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/education-profile-of-iyinoluwa-aboyeji\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Education Profile of Iyinoluwa Aboyeji"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/","name":"PressPayNg Blog","description":"News and Updates From PressPayNg","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/#organization","name":"PressPayNg Blog","url":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/cropped-logo-dark.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/cropped-logo-dark.png","width":468,"height":117,"caption":"PressPayNg Blog"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/d190f9f0919168cffa93a7e976d3057e","name":"press_admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/PressPayNg-pic-150x150.jpeg","url":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/PressPayNg-pic-150x150.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/PressPayNg-pic-150x150.jpeg","caption":"press_admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/presspay.ng\/blog-api"],"url":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/author\/press_admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29666"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29668,"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29666\/revisions\/29668"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}