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Sanni Ibiyemi Bidemi - Pedro

About

Ibiyemi born on the 24th of May 1995 is a mechatronics engineer, entrepreneur and public speaker. The founder of Bluetenat miari and cofounder of Naikob. While in his final year in university, In November 2015 Ibiyemi and two of his colleagues Ogunye Philip and Arogundade Sina founded Naikob an e-commerce company to sell only made in Nigeria goods and services, in which period he was the CEO up until October 2017 where he went on to start Bluetenat miari, a mechatronics and automation company. Along side being an engineer and entrepreneur, Ibiyemi is also a speaker who empowers other people to become entrepreneurs and expand their horizon.

Early Life

Sanni Ibiyemi (23 years) was born in iyanapaja, Lagos state on the 24th of May 1995 to Olaide Sanni and Roseline Sanni. Both parents are from Ondo state Nigeria. His father is a Banker while his mother is a retired civil servant. Ibiyemi has three elder brothers, Olaniyi, Olayinka and Ibimayowa and a younger sister Oluwabusayo. Within a year of his birth, his parents moved to the Eastern part of Nigeria, first to Nsukka in Enugu state, then to Enugu city the state capital. He started his education in Nsukka, at the University of Nigeria Nsukka staff school before crossing to Police children school Enugu to complete his primary education. He got admission into secondary education at the age of 10 into the federal government College Enugu. Ibiyemi did not spend much of early life with both his parents with either one around and the other working far from home or with foster parents. Ibiyemi got admitted into FGCE as a boarding student and stayed with the Okaliwe’s during the holidays. He finished secondary education at 16 before proceeding to university that same year. Through his growing up, Ibiyemi was not the social kid and was always left indoors, where he played a lot with gadgets and devices and hence his strong passion for engineering.

Education

Sanni Ibiyemi is a very smart and intelligent man with his intelligence showing through his educations. He has almost always been the smartest kid in his class through his schools. Graduating in primary 5 as one of the best in his primary education, also finishing secondary education with awards and a high UTME score which gained him admission into university where he finished as top of his department.

Ibiyemi started his education in nsukka in 1997 at the University of Nigeria nsukka staff school before proceeding to police children school in enugu where he finished in 2005 as the best in the school and gained admission to one of the top secondary schools in enugu state – Federal government College Enugu. Ibiyemi was a science student who was exceptional in mathematics, physics and technical drawing. He got award as the best in technical drawing and was once shortlisted to represent his school in cowbell mathematics competition. He completed his secondary education in 2011 with good scores in his senior secondary certificate Examination and University Tertiary Matriculation Examination after which he gained admission into the federal university oye-ekiti as one of the pioneers to study mechatronics engineering. Ibiyemi showed great technical abilities and entrepreneural skills during his tertiary education. He was part of the team that represented the school’s engineering faculty at the CODET competition 2016. It was also during his tertiary education he met with Philip Ogunye and Arogundade Sina to start their first company together. Ibiyemi Sanni graduated in 2016 with B.Eng Honors in Mechatronics Engineering with a second class upper division as the best in the department 2015/2016 set.

Career

As an engineer, Sanni Ibiyemi started his career as an intern at Peugeot Automobile Nigeria for his 6 months internship. After his tertiary education, Ibiyemi has worked in various capacities as a mechatronics engineer, has worked at:

1.	Peugeot Automobile Nigeria as an auto mechatronics intern for 6 months

2.	Next Generation ICT as a project manager.

3.	Medismart as a software developer

4.	Tectonico limited as a production manager and automation engineer.

As an Entrepreneur, Ibiyemi started out in 2015 with colleagues with an idea to help promote made in Nigeria goods and services to boost the awareness, availability and sales of locally made goods. This idea led to Naikob which has been running ever since. Naikob grew in staff and in capicity and lack of funds hindered expansion. Ibiyemi and his team applied for various funding schemes, but could not get investors for the company.

In 2017 Ibiyemi sensed a technology gap between Nigeria and the advanced countries and in a bid to help bridge this gap, Bluetenat was formed as a mechatronics and automation company to help produce products and systems that will help Nigeria match latest technologies and not be left behind. The company has gone ahead to produce softwares and devices for individuals and organizations to boost productivity.

Asides being an engineer and entrepreneur, Ibiyemi is a public speaker who motivates people into achieving great heights and reaching their goals.

Awards

Best student – Police Children school (2005)

Best in Technical drawing in the school – Federal Government College Enugu (2010)

Best Graduating student (Mechatronics Engineering Department) – Federal University Oye-ekiti (2015/2016)