A builder of ecosystems, founders, and futures.
Entrepreneur. Ecosystem builder. Startup mentor. Health-technology advocate. Educator. One body of work, held together by a decade of proximity to the people doing the building.
Biography
Jimoh Habibullahi is a Nigerian entrepreneur and innovation ecosystem builder working at the intersection of enterprise, education, and public interest. Over the past decade he has mentored more than 120 founders, reached over 5,000 students, and advised the universities, accelerators, and public institutions shaping how Africa builds — always with the same conviction: that lasting innovation starts close to the problem and moves at the pace of trust.
Mission
To equip African communities with the mentorship, institutions, and partnerships they need to turn local knowledge into technology that measurably improves lives.
Vision
An Africa where every young person with a serious idea has real access to the network, the knowledge, and the capital required to turn it into work that outlasts them.
Leadership philosophy
Lead by listening. Build by partnering. Scale by trusting the next generation with the work — and with the credit — long before it feels comfortable to do so.
Journey
Ten years of building, in chapters.
2016
A first community-led tech program
Started a student coding circle in a single university that grew, within a year, into a 400-member network spanning four campuses.
2018
Founded an innovation hub
Stood up a hub bringing universities, founders, and mentors under one roof around a single question: what would it take to build real, fundable companies here?
2020
Turned to health technology
Began championing primary-care innovation and digital health equity, pairing clinicians with engineers to prototype for the communities they already served.
2022
120+ founders mentored
Scaled structured mentorship across pre-seed and seed-stage companies in five priority sectors, backed by an active operator and investor network.
2024
Pan-African partnerships
Formalised cross-border working agreements with accelerators, investors, and public institutions across West and East Africa.
2026
Africa Innovation Summit
Convened thousands of founders, students, and partners in Abuja around the next decade of African enterprise, capital, and public technology.