Babajide Oluwase is the recent winner of the Zenith Tech Fair with the theme: “Future Forward 2.0,” which was held on Wednesday at Eko Hotels & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos.
He is the Growth Lead, CEO, and Founder of Ecotutu and an Impact Officer at Global Shapers Community – Lagos Hub. He has a master’s degree from the University of Lagos and a bachelor’s degree from the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA).
Born on July 1 in 1991, Babajide Oluwase is a member of the World economic forum and also served as an adviser to European Union (EU) delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS.
He has over six years of experience working at the intersection of technological advancement and improving well-being for the underserved population. He is also the Founder/CEO of RenewDrive, a startup that works predominantly to provide access to affordable clean-tech solutions.
Since 2015, he has demonstrated extensive and relevant experience in creating environmental-focused solutions and has a track record of establishing cost-saving initiatives for corporate organizations and government MDAs.
In 2016, he authored the ‘Young Climate Heroes’ book that has helped 7000+ students understand the basics of climate change and sustainability using stories, and co-designed a zero-waste integration program reaching 12000+ students in secondary schools across Nigeria.
In 2017 he co-founded ECOtutu with the aim to mitigate the problem of food waste, the gaps existing between preservation and transportation from farm gates to the marketplace through refrigeration of agricultural products, in the hope that consumers buy the products in the same shape and state as producers harvested it.
He got his first major funding of $5000, which came from the Tony Elumelu foundation in 2018. From there, it led him to create his company’s proof of concept to further validate the problem being solved.
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