Chidi Nwaogu

Who is Chidi Nwaogu? According to Nairametrics, he is one of the "Millionaire West African Startup Founders", and according to YNaija, he is one of the "Most Powerful Young Nigerians for the Year 2021." Nonetheless, Chidi Nwaogu is a serial tech entrepreneur, ecosystem builder, and software developer. He started his entrepreneurial journey when he was 16 with the creation of 9ja Boi Interactive, a video game development company. Today, Nwaogu is the co-founder and CEO at Publiseer, a digital publisher for African creatives, described by Konbini as "one of the largest digital publishers in Africa", and identified by IFC as one of the startups "that could speed up innovation in Africa". He is a co-founder at Savvy, a global fellowship program that has equipped over 4,800 brilliant individuals from 143 countries, with the necessary knowledge, skills, tools, resources, support network, and community that they need to start their own impact-driven business and succeed as entrepreneurs. Since Nwaogu was 19, he has co-founded, grown, and sold 2 tech companies, including LAGbook, a social network that garnered over 1-million registered users within 3 years. Nwaogu began public speaking in 2012 as a keynote speaker at the IT Leaders West Africa Summit, where he spoke on the role of social media and mobile in developing nations. Today, he speaks around the world, including at the 2019 International Publishers Association Regional Seminar in Nairobi, and the 2019 Geneva Book Fair in Switzerland. Nwaogu mentors young entrepreneurs through platforms like the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. He was selected by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for the Venture Scaling Bootcamp in Boston, Halcyon Incubator for the 11th Cohort of the Halcyon Incubator Fellowship in Washington DC, and the World Culture Open to present Publiseer at the Better Together Challenge in South Korea. His startups have been featured in several media publications like Africa Business Review and TechCrunch, for their strides. Nwaogu is an Acumen Fellow, Alibaba eFounders Fellow, French-African Young Leader, Westerwelle Fellow, Yunus&Youth Fellow, African Presidential Leadership Fellow, AyadaLab Fellow, Pfizer Scholar, One Young World Ambassador, and Alibaba Top 10 Africa's Business Hero. He is the winner of the Africa 35.35 Award, Young Leaders Award, Migration Entrepreneurship Prize, Global South COVID-19 Digital Innovation Challenge, and Startup World Cup Nigeria. Nwaogu is the 1st place winner of the OD Impact Challenge and a 2x winner of the ITU Innovation Challenges.