Entrepreneur · Ecosystem Architect · Africa
Engineering a new era of African enterprise —one founder, one institution, one continent at a time.
Jimoh Habibullahi builds where ambition meets execution — mentoring the founders, forging the partnerships, and standing up the institutions that turn bold African ideas into enduring, world-class enterprise.
About
For more than a decade, Jimoh Habibullahi has worked at the intersection of enterprise, education, and public interest — mentoring over 120 founders, reaching more than 5,000 students, and advising the universities, accelerators, and public institutions shaping how Africa builds. His work is anchored in a single conviction: that lasting innovation is built with proximity to the problem and patience with the people solving it.
Through structured mentorship, cross-border convenings, and the quiet, compounding work of institution building, he is helping a new generation of Africans move from promising ideas to companies, capital, and civic leadership that outlast any single program.
Learn moreAfrica's next chapter will not be written by capital alone. It will be written by the founders we mentor, the institutions we build, and the young people we trust with the work.
~ Jimoh Habibullahi
In The News
Recent engagements, keynotes, and appointments.
Jun 2026
Opening keynote — Africa Innovation Summit
Set the tone for the continent's largest annual gathering of founders, investors, and policymakers with a keynote on ecosystem-first capital and the decade ahead for African enterprise.
May 2026
Founders Mentorship Bootcamp — Lagos
Convened 40 pre-seed and seed founders for a five-day intensive on positioning, product discipline, and capital readiness, closing with warm introductions to a panel of active operators and investors.
Apr 2026
HealthTech Roundtable — Ibadan
Brought clinicians, engineers, and public-health leaders into the same room to prototype primary-care technology designed with — not for — the community health workers who will carry it.
Mar 2026
EduFutures Policy Dialogue — Abuja
Joined ministers, vice-chancellors, and edtech founders to shape a shared agenda for AI literacy in African classrooms and the institutions required to teach it well.
Feb 2026
Pan-African Ecosystem Partnership
Formalised working agreements with three continental accelerators and a public investment vehicle, extending structured founder support across West and East Africa.
Jan 2026
Advisory Board — Northern Tech Alliance
Appointed to the advisory board of the Northern Tech Alliance, backing a founder network expanding across five northern Nigerian states.
Memberships and Publications
Investments
The founders and ventures shaping the decade ahead.
Jimoh backs and mentors founders building for the realities of African markets — in health, education, financial inclusion, agriculture, and civic technology. The common thread is discipline: teams that stay close to the customer, respect the unit economics, and build products that earn their place in daily life.
Videos
Talks, panels, and long-form conversations.
Jun 2026
Opening keynote — Africa Innovation Summit
May 2026
Founders Bootcamp — closing address on discipline and distribution
Mar 2026
EduFutures Roundtable — the case for AI literacy in African classrooms
Feb 2026
Ibadan HealthTech — a fireside on primary-care innovation
Jan 2026
Northern Tech Alliance — building founder networks beyond Lagos
Nov 2025
Podcast — patient capital and the long work of ecosystem building
"Lead by listening. Build by partnering. Scale by trusting the next generation with the work — and the credit."
~ Jimoh Habibullahi
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