Experience

Octerra Capital

• Nigeria
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Investment Analyst

  • Sep 2022 - Present

  - Manage and provide support to portfolio startups across diverse industries, including Metaverse, Fintech, KYC, Freight and Forwarding. Identify strategic partnerships and facilitate their commercial acquisition to enhance business operations and drive profitability. - Appraise potential investments and prepare investment documents for over 20 startups across various sectors, such as Fintechs, FMCG, Healthtech, Big Data Analytics and Machine Learning. - Led and completed the due diligence processes of over 25 startups spread across sectors ranging from Financial Technology, Supply Chain, Data Insights, and the African Informal Retail Market. - Conducted and completed more than five market research on selected regions, such as North Africa and Southern Africa, as well as specific sectors, including Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Fintech Show less



AFEX

• United States
• Financial Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• • Dec 2021 - Sep 2022

  - Collaborated with product management, executive management, and product development to structure and design Nigeria's first primary and secondary market trading system for commodities-linked fixed-income instruments. - Managed the relationship of the Exchange with the Commission (The Securities and Exchange Commission), ensuring alignment with the Investment and Securities Act 2007 and other guidelines ranging from that of the commodities-linked fixed income instruments, collateral management, and digital asset regulations.- Designed and structured diverse long and short-term commodities-linked fixed-income instruments that unclocked $72mn in funding for Agri-SMEs and smallholder farmers while providing alternative classes for capital market players.- Created relevant documents facilitating the roadshow and pitch of Asset-Backed Commercial Paper underpinned by soft commodities on the Exchange. This led to the investment of $50mn as Asset-Backed lending to Agric-SMEs, increasing the adoption of the instrument by 60% compared to the previous year. - Completed over 20 live weekly broadcasts on Channels television, giving context to the weekly performance of the domestic commodities market and forecast for the coming weeks and seasons.- Researched and proposed designs and structures of innovative investible products on the Exchange. These products include Green Bonds, Impact Bonds, SGD Bonds, and Sustainability-Linked Bonds.- Collaborated with internal and external critical transactional players to raise $10mn debt funding for an Agri-SME in Kenya Show less

• • Aug 2021 - Dec 2021

  - Designed and structured the first Exchange-Traded Commodities (FETC) in Nigeria that raised over $2mn from domestic capital market players. The Exchange-Traded Commodity was a 270-day instrument that returned 30% to unitholders at maturity. As an actively managed fund, I monitored the perform fund manager's performance in relation to the commodities market dynamics and ensured adherence to the Commission's guidelinesrticipated in designing and structuring Halal instruments valued at $10mn. Thus, ensuring the Exchange products are more inclusive of the different types of investors, from international capital market players to ethical investors.- Actively monitored the activities and performance of players on the Exchange, flagging suspicious trading patterns to ensure compliance with the Exchange rules and preserving the integrity of the Exchange marketplace. - Assisted in developing and designing the first soft commodities futures contracts in Nigeria.- Collaborated in the designing and structuring $8mn Ethical Input Finance Note that financed over 10,000 smallholder farmers in Nigeria with timely and affordable inputs needed for production.- Built a financial model to estimate the present value of an Agro-Processing Zone estate with a funding requirement of $19million. Show less

• • Jan 2021 - Aug 2021

  - Developed concept notes for grant raising of c. $10 million for an Agric-Franchising Model (ASP) tailored to expand the Exchange’s impact from 300k farmers to 1 million by 2025. - Collaborated with associates in pitching AFEX and its impact to grant providers like AGRA, USAID, MasterCard Foundation, and BMF.- Assisted in successfully fundraising of $1.7million from the West African Trade Investment Hub (WATIH), a USAID initiative. I was responsible for building and developing the project’s financial model and business plan. - Built a financial model to forecast future cash flow and performance of a $20miilion Agric-Storage Investment Fund. The fund was a proposal to the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority as part of its bid to unlock critical infrastructure for the domestic agric value chain- Developed and prepared a Payment Service Bank business plan to request a business license from the Central Bank of Nigeria.- Created drafts of Business Strategy to enable the business to achieve its mission and vision.- Conducted relevant research to identify critical players for strategic partnerships to upscale the business performance. Show less

• • Aug 2020 - Jan 2021

  - Collated information, performed research and analyzed the agriculture value chain in Nigeria and other parts of the world to understand and explain the driving fundamentals and market trends to Capital Market stakeholders.- Structured and develop Financial Benchmarks like the AFEX Export Index and Fertilizer Index on the Exchange.- Updated the Exchange’s Closing Price computation and its supporting methodology to reflect current market realities. - Analyzed and Interpreted market trends to forecast and explain commodities price movements through the AFEX Weekly Commodities Price Reports. - Drafted special reports to educate different audience on numerous topics relating to commodities and their dynamics in Nigeria. Show less



CrownStar Professional Institute

• Tutor

  • Jan 2017 - Mar 2020

  - Taught Operations Research and Financial Reporting to students in Associate Technician Scheme West Africa and Skill stage of Institute of Chartered Accountants Nigeria (ICAN) - Taught Operations Research and Financial Reporting to students in Associate Technician Scheme West Africa and Skill stage of Institute of Chartered Accountants Nigeria (ICAN)



CFO 2019 Charterquest CASE Study Competition

• Team Member - Team Synergy

  • Jan 2019 - May 2019

  The CFO (Chief Financial Officer) is an annual, open-entry and global multi-stage business strategy and leadership-focused case study competition, organised by The CharterQuest Institute South Africa. Team Synergy was part of the top 20 teams out of the 550 teams from 45 countries. The CFO (Chief Financial Officer) is an annual, open-entry and global multi-stage business strategy and leadership-focused case study competition, organised by The CharterQuest Institute South Africa. Team Synergy was part of the top 20 teams out of the 550 teams from 45 countries.