User:Fela akinse/sandbox

Fela graduated from the University of Lagos with a Bachelors and Masters degree (Distinction). Having resigned as a business analyst, a social brand ambassador and an environmental scientist, he founded the company SALUBATA. He currently owns a patent in making modular shoes from recycled plastic wastes. Fela has helped the company gain significant traction within a space of 2 years. He recently nominated as a World Economic Forum Global Shaper 2020, as the 'Business Person of the Year' by The Entrepreneur Africa Awards 2019, Winner of the Africa 3535 young innovator in Africa Awards 2019, won the UK Government's Department for International Trade (DIT) Hackathon competition 2019, The British Council Entrepreneurship Award in 2019 , Winner of the Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie Black Friday Pitch 2019, 100 Most Promising Startups in Africa by Africa Moves in 2019 , Winner of the Princeton Africa Pitch 2020 , 100 Meaningful Business 2020 , Winner of the 2020 IFA Paris competition, National Winner (1st place) of the Nigerian Climate LaunchPad Competition 2020 , Top 10 Global Finalist at the Just Imagine If... competition 2020 and Top 5 Global Finalist at Accelerate Circularity 2020 , Winner of the Social Capital Markets Scholarship 2020, Global Footwear Excellence Award 2020, selected for the Social Innovation Business Camp 2020 , Selected for the Orange Corners Incubation 2020, Selected as One of the Top 20 Innovators Converting Wastes to Wealth by UN-Habitat , Selected as one of the Top 25 Innovators in Africa for the Next Einstein Forum Sciencepreneur Competition 2020, listed in EarthTech's top 2.5% of global sustainability ventures, Winner of the Business Spirit Award in Circularity 2021, Winner of the Extreme Tech Challenge (African Region 2021) , Winner of Africa Innovation Week 2020 (to represent the African region at the Startup World Cup in Silicon Valley in November 2021) , IEEE Entrepreneurship Star 2020, Panelist Spring Africa Summit At Princeton 2021 Lastly, he has also taken the liberty to make a course ("The Silicon Valley Approach: Sure Win Investment Pitch Deck") on Udemy which gives entrepreneurs a sure advantage over the competition and fast track fundraising and investment.