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Segun Babatunde Adegoke Segun Adegoke

Segun Adegoke

Segun Adegoke born November, 11 1993, is a Nigerian certified Engineer, entrepreneur, and social Impact enthusiast. He is the Founder/Chief Executive Officer of Baay Projects Limited[1] and CEO/Co-Founder of Baay Agro Limited.[2] a native of Iseyin town, Iseyin Local Government Area of Oyo state, South Western Nigeria.

EARLY LIFE
Segun Adegoke was born into the family of Mr. & Mrs Adebayo Adegoke on Nov 11, 1993. Born into a family of 3, he is the first born with two sisters.

Segun Adegoke had his Primary Education at the Faith Foundation School, Ife Odan, Osun state between 1998 and 2004 under his grandma’s care. In 2004, his parents decided that their first child must return to oyo so he could be groomed and well-grounded as a vibrant young man with values and traditions; thus he was admitted into Aatan Baptist High School the same year.

At the school, he was one of the finest young star representing the school in Inter-school competitions amongst others. His Agricultural zeal came to the fore at such a young age as he assisted his grandma and indigent in the business of agriculture, this extended in to his academics and made him the best students in Agricultural studies and thus was made the Library prefect. While in secondary school, he won laurels for the college.

Segun Adegoke attended the Federal University of Technology Akure, between 2010 and 2016, where he bagged a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Civil Engineering. He obtained his master's degree in Business administratio n (Civil Engineering) at the Lagos State University (University of Lagos) in 2021. He equally obtained an (Advanced Diploma at the University of Lagos in 2021) and a Certificate in alternative investment from the Harvard Business School (Online), Massachusetts, USA in 2022.

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
Segun Adegoke started his professional career In 2016 at the Kano State Electricity Distribution Company, Kano as a Technical Engineer support, and headed back to south western nigeria after a brief spell where he got another employment as a Project Engineer with one of the then contractor of Multichoice, HSN..

Segun Adegoke founded his own firm, BAAY DEGOK which later became BAAY PROJECTS, a Construction and Real Estate company in Ikeja, Lagos in the year 2019. The company has won over 20 contracts and awards, including the Construction of Oyo State Slaughter slab  located in Ogbomosho, Oyo State. He is currently the Ceo/Founder of BAAY PROJECTS, Co-Founder/Ceo of (BAAY AGRO), Board of Director in two other firms. He was listed as a Ban ki-moon changemaker in the 2022 African 30 under 30 Elevating the Voice of women organized by Ban ki-moon world center, also a UNITE2030 Ambassador, and won a Nelson Mandella award of Leadership by ECOWAS youth council. He has done well as a young man in social enterprise and leadership putting the Nigeria map at the forefront of African development. He also founded an agricultural

He has credible business credentials and acumen, having successfully built a construction/real estate development firm from $0 to a million dollar value (www.baayprojects.com). As the United Nations has underlined, he is an advocate for No poverty, Decent employment in Africa, Rural development, Food security, and climate change.

His passion for Agriculture, rural community development and farmers empowerment stems from his background. Growing up in a remote location with his grandmother who is a farmer/trader, He has witnessed the harsh realities of rural farming  in Nigeria and constantly seeks to improve the quality of lives of smallholder farmers. (www.baayagro.com)

AWARDS/ASSOCIATION

 * 1) EVWA Changemaker, Ban ki-moon center for global citizens. https://bankimooncentre.org/leadership/evwa
 * 2) APLOMB BY TRIBUNE. https://tribuneonlineng.com/why-i-started-my-own-company-adegoke/
 * 3) Nelson Mandela Leadership Award, ECOWAS YOUTH COUNCIL. https://www.mockinbird.com.ng/2022/02/baay-projects-ceo-segun-adegoke-becomes.html
 * 4) UNITE 2030 african ambassador. https://www.legit.ng/people/1445178-27-year-nigerian-budding-entrepreneur-represent-nigeria-unite-2030-youth-delegate-program/
 * 5) ICON of social Transformation by Congress of Nigerian youth (CONYO). https://thenationonlineng.net/conyo-honours-ceo-baay-projects/
 * 6) Member, American Society of Civil Engineers
 * 7) Member, Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria.
 * 8) Member, Nigeria Society of Engineers

PROJECTS.

 * 1) Construction of Oyo State Abattoir, Iseyin.
 * 2) Agronomy work by Baay Agro.  https://tribuneonlineng.com/baay-agro-set-to-empower-smallholder-farmers-with-10m-seedlings-in-5yrs/