Olalekan Olude


Olalekan Olude is a Nigerian entrepreneur, the co-founder and COO of Jobberman, West Africa's most popular job search engine. Olude was named as one of the 100 Most Influential Young Nigerians by Avance Media in 2016.

Educational background

Olude is from Imasayi in Yewa North Local Government in Ogun State; he started his education at Iganmode Grammar School, Ota, between 1993 and 1999 where he obtained his Senior School Leaving Certificate. He proceeded to Obafemi Awolowo University where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science between 2005 and 2009. He also attended Lagos Business School and University of Pennsylvania.

Career

Before Jobberman, Olude had few experiences working with TeleMobile Nigeria Limited as Network Engineer and NameGoldman Sachs as Technology Analyst. In August 2009, at 28 years old he co-founded Jobberman with Ayodeji Adewunmi and Opeyemi Awoyemi. Olude presently is Jobberman's Chief Operating Officer.