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Odunayo Eweniyi

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Odunayo Eweniyi
Alma materCovenant University
Notable workFeminist Coalition
AwardsFuture Awards Africa

Odunayo Eweniyi yɛ Nigeria guadzinyi na senetwanyi.[1][2] Ɔka ho na wɔtseew PiggyVest[3][4][5] na Feminist Coalition.[6][7][8]


N'asetsena Mu Nsɛm

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Eweniyi yɛ abakan dze ma ekunyin ebien bi a wofi Oyo State, Nigeria.[9] [10]

Nwomasua na Edwuma

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Eweniyi wiee Covenant Esuapɔn wɔ afe 2013 mu na onyaa abɔdzin krataa a odzi kan wɔ Kɔmputa Mfirdwuma mu. Eweniyi hyɛɛ ase dɛ ɔnye Somto Ifezue na Joshua Chibueze de Push CV[11][12] sii hɔ wɔ n’adzesu ewie ekyir wɔ afe 2013.[13] Mfe ebien ekyir no, nyimpa baasa no kɔr do hyɛɛ PiggyVest ase wɔ afe 2016 mu.[5]


Abadobɔdze

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Afe 2018 mu no, Eweniyi nyaa Future Awards Africa Prize wɔ Mfirdwuma mu. Wɔ afe 2019 mu no, nna ɔwɔ Forbes Africa 30 wɔ 30 Mfirdwuma mu. Wɔbɔɔ Eweniyi dzin dɛ Quartz Africa Innovators 30 no mu baako wɔ afe 2019 mu.

Eweniyi was on Forbes Africa's list of 20 New Wealth Creators in Africa 2019. She was nominated for The Future Awards Africa Prize for Young Person of The Year in 2020. Eweniyi was also listed on Bloomberg 50 in 2020 and Time' Next 100 list in 2021 for her joint contributions during the End SARS protests of October 2020. In March 2022, she won the Forbes Woman Africa Technology and Innovation Award.

Nna Eweniyi wɔ Forbes Africa’s dzin a ɔwɔ New Wealth Creators in Africa 2019. Woyii no too gua dɛ ɔmmɛnya The Future Awards Africa Prize for Young Person of The Year wɔ afe 2020. Wɔsan nso de Eweniyi din too Bloomberg 50 wɔ afe 2020 ne Time’ Next 100 list wɔ afe 2021 mu wɔ ne mmoa a ɔboom de maeɛ wɔ End SARS ɔsɔretia a ɛkɔɔ so wɔ Ɔbɛsɛ 2020. Wɔ Ebɔw mu afe 2022 mu no, onyaa Forbes WomanAfrica Mfirdwuma na Ndzɛmba Fofor Abadobɔdze.






  1. Aisha Salaudeen and Robert Howell. "Nigeria's 'techpreneurs' are using technology to provide life-changing solutions to everyday problems". CNN. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
  2. "Odun Eweniyi: A Head Full Of Ideas". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News (in American English). 2021-01-31. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
  3. Nsehe, Mfonobong. "Meet Piggybank.ng, The Nigerian FinTech Startup That Just Raised $1.1million". Forbes (in English). Retrieved 2021-03-22.
  4. "The Co-Founder of Piggy-Vest, Odunayo Eweniyi speaks on scaling through the odds being an entrepreneur". Businessday NG (in American English). 2020-09-12. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
  5. 5.0 5.1 "Brains, Focus And Grit: A Profile of Odunayo Eweniyi, Co-Founder, Piggybank.ng". TechCabal (in American English). 2018-06-08. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
  6. Maclean, Ruth (2021-03-12). "In Nigeria, 'Feminist' Was a Common Insult. Then Came the Feminist Coalition". The New York Times (in American English). ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
  7. "12 Women Leaders That Changed The World In 2020". British Vogue (in British English). 12 December 2020. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
  8. "TIME100 Next 2021: Feyikemi 'FK' Abudu, Odunayo Eweniyi and Damilola Odufuwa". Time. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
  9. "She Stood Up for #EndSARS. What Will Nigeria's Odunayo Eweniyi Do Next?". Global Citizen (in English). Retrieved 2021-03-22.
  10. Okwumbu, Ruth (2020-09-19). "We started PiggyVest to digitize 'wooden box' saving method – Odunayo Eweniyi, Co-Founder". Nairametrics (in British English). Retrieved 2021-03-22.
  11. Okike, Samuel (2019-07-29). "How I Work: Odunayo Eweniyi, PiggyVest Co-founder and Chief Operations Officer". Techpoint Africa (in American English). Retrieved 2021-03-22.
  12. "Odunayo Eweniyi - from jobless to job connector". sheleadsafrica.org. 8 April 2016. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
  13. "Odunayo Eweniyi: How we built PiggyVest through multiple trials". TechCabal (in American English). 2020-06-02. Retrieved 2021-03-22.