Nigeria has produced some of the finest minds and educators. Edugist is presenting to you a database of these accomplished education practitioners. This presentation is in no particular order. This list will be updated, frequently. Our goal is to have a database of every educator in Nigeria.
Adeola Adefemi Adedunke
LinkedIn: Adeola Adefemi
Intagram: Adeola Adefemi (@thatpublicschoolteacher)
Facebook: Adeola Adefemi (Thatpublicschoolteacher)
Adefemi of Keke Senior High School, Agege, Lagos emerged as the winner of the 9th edition of the coveted Maltina Teacher of the Year Competition at the Grand Finale held in Lagos on October 20, 2023. She also won the 2023 African Union (AU) Continental Teacher Prize.
Adeola Adefemi
Simi Nwogugu
LinkedIn: Simi Nwogugu
Facebook: Simi Nwogugu
Intagram: Simi Nwogugu
Simi Nwogugu, the CEO of Junior Achievement (JA) Africa, was selected as one of the Top 10 finalists for the prestigious Africa Education Medal 2023. As the CEO of JA Africa, a part of the globally renowned JA Worldwide, Nwogugu has played a pivotal role in preparing young people for the future of work.
Simi Nwogugu
Lai Koiki
LinkedIn: Koiki Lai
Koiki, the CEO of Greensprings Educational Services Ltd., is a dynamic and dedicated leader who has made significant contributions to the field of education in Nigeria. Under her leadership, Greensprings School has experienced remarkable growth, currently boasting three campuses in Lagos (Anthony, Lekki, and Ikoyi) with a combined student population exceeding 2000. She is a founding member of the Association of Private Educators in Nigeria (APEN) and currently serves as the chairperson of the association.
Lai Koiki
Abimbola Ogundere
LinkedIn: Dr Abimbola Ogundere
Facebook: Abimbola Ogundere
Abimbola Ogundere is a distinguished Global Education Leadership Expert, School Leadership Coach, thought leader, and an esteemed speaker on Education Leadership and the Business of Education. Ogundere initiated the Learning As I Teach (LAIT) Foundation, in Africa, in 2018. In 2021, Abimbola Ogundere was recognised as one of Leading Ladies Africa’s 100 Most Inspiring Women 2021 and Elvaridah’s Five Outstanding Women in Business. In 2022, she received the title of “The Educator” by Entrepreneur East Africa and Mastercard, further solidifying her impact on the educational landscape.
Abimbola Ogundere
Ola Opesan
LinkedIn: Ola Opesan
Intagram: Ola Opesan
Facebook: Ola Opesan
X: Ola Opesan
In 2007, Opesan relocated to Lagos and assumed the role of the founding Principal of Meadow Hall College. During this period, he expanded his responsibilities to include oversight of the progress of students in the Infant and Junior Schools as the designated Education Director of Meadow Hall. Beyond his professional pursuits, he is a passionate sportsman and a published author. He is blessed with two wonderful children currently pursuing their education at university.
Ola Opesan
Bolanle Adewole
LinkedIn: Bolanle Adewole
Facebook: Bolanle Adewole
Intagram: Mrs Bolanle Adewole
Youtube: Bolanle Adewole
Bolanle Adewole, the founder and executive director of TLP Centre, is a certified autism specialist and the visionary behind the first full-day school catering to children with autism and other related developmental disorders. Alongside her role at TLP Centre, she also serves as the director of The Learning Place Montessori School in Lagos.
Bolanle Adewole
Olubukola Adewuyi
LinkedIn: Adewuyi Olubukola
Instagram: Olubukola Adewuyi
Olubukola Ola Adewuyi, an accomplished lawyer turned educationist, boasts a wealth of career experience exceeding 15 years in the education sector. Olubukola is renowned for her exceptional delivery at workshops, masterclasses, and conferences within the education industry and beyond.
Olubukola Adewuyi
Kemi Ogunkoya
LinkedIn: Kemi Ogunkoya
Intagram: Kemi Ogunkoya
Facebook: Kemi Ogunkoya
Youtube: Kemi Ogunkoya
Kemi Ogunkoya, a highly regarded human resource consultant, leadership coach, management consultant, author, and keynote speaker, brings over a decade of expertise to delivering impactful leadership development, cultural alignment, and performance acceleration interventions. Kemi is also the Co-Founder of LeaderX, a mobile application designed to help leaders develop their leadership skills in real time.
Kemi Ogunkoya
Irene Bangwell
LinkedIn: Irene Bangwell
Irene Bangwell co-founded The KNOSK N100-a-day Charity Secondary School, Kuje in September 2019. Her co-founder, Kingsley, is her husband. It arose out of a burden they shared shortly after Nigeria became the world’s poverty capital. The KNOSK N100-a-day Charity Secondary School, Kuje is funded through a social financing model where individuals and families come together to cover the cost of fees for each child.
Irene Bangwell
Prince Louis Omolayo Adekola
LinkedIn: Prince Louis Omolayo Adekola
Intagram: Princie Louis O. Adekola
Prince Louis is the CEO of Edvant Edge Africa, an educational advancement firm focused on generating and implementing innovative ideas for the development of educational institutions in Africa. Louis holds the position of Founding President of World Merit Nigeria, where he actively contributes to fostering positive change. He also serves as the Artistic Director at Frikanah Theatre Company and is the Founder/Director of the Ambassadors of Africa, an organisation dedicated to building Africans into global giants.
Prince Louis Omolayo Adekola
Uche (Emmanuel) Nwaobi
LinkedIn: Uche (Emmanuel) Nwaobi
Facebook: Uche Nwaobi
X: Uche Nwaobi
Uche Nwaobi is a dedicated edu-tech expert and the co-founder of CsFirst Lagos Nigeria, a registered Education Technology Consult based in Lagos. With a background in web development and computer engineering, he brings extensive experience to the field. Uche specialises in providing training to schools and educators on the 21st-century applications of technology in teaching, learning, collaboration, and administration.
Uche Nwaobi
Obiageli “Oby” Ezekwesili
LinkedIn: Obiageli “Obi” Ezekwesili
Facebook: Obiageli Oby Ezekwesili
Instagram: Oby Ezekwesili
Obiageli “Oby” Ezekwesili is an economic policy expert, an advocate for transparency, accountability, good governance and human capital development, a humanitarian and an activist. She is a former vice president for the World Bank’s Africa region, co-founder and founding director of Transparency International, and co-founder of the #BringBackOurGirls movement. She has served twice as Federal Minister of Nigeria.
Oby Ezekwesili
Folasade Adefisayo
LinkedIn: Folasade Adefisayo
Facebook: Folasade Adefisayo
Instagram: Folasade Adefisayo
Twitter: Folasade Adefisayo
Folashade Adefisayo is the CEO, Leading Learning Ltd. She is a Nigerian academic and teacher and former commissioner of the Lagos State Ministry of Education.
Folasade Adefisayo
Tola Salau
LinkedIn: Dr Tola Salau
Facebook: Tola Salau (Stemprof)
Adetola Salau is the founder and non-executive director of Carisma4U Educational Foundation, a social innovation organisation that focuses on breaking the poverty cycle in Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) at large by equipping African children with highly competitive skills and advocating towards the emergence of a vibrant SSA through the effective utilisation of education.
Tola Salau
Yinka Ogunde
LinkedIn: Yinka Ogunde
Facebook: Yinka Ogunde
Instagram: Yinka Ogunde
Twitter: @Yinkaogunde1
Yinka Ogunde the founder of Edumark Consult Limited. She has an interesting professional life that cuts between the marketing communication industry and the education sector. She began her professional life in the advertising sector as a copywriter at Promoserve before moving to the client service department. She is a certified coach, trainer and speaker with the John Maxwell Team.
Yinka Ogunde
Dimeji Falana
LinkedIn: Dimeji Falana
Facebook: Dimeji Falana
Instagram: dimejifalana
Twitter: @FalanaDimeji
‘Dimeji Falana is the CEO/Co-founder of Edves, one of Nigeria’s leading Edtech companies. Teachers, parents, students and school leaders from over 1500 Schools use Edves’ software to automate operations from student enrolment to graduation. Edves won the Best Prize for Transforming Education at the Seedstars World Summit 2018 in Switzerland.
Dimeji Falana
Dare Adebayo
LinkedIn: Dare Adebayo
Facebook: Dare Adebayo
Twitter: Dare Adebayo
Dare is a serial entrepreneur, he started his first startup Duslarcreations in 2006 after secondary school at the age of 18 with zero capital, in 2010 he co-founded ITvessel a software development company, the company worked with Enterprise Clients, Governments and Schools. In 2016, he co-founded Edves, an Edtech company focused on re-imagining the educational sector in Africa.
Dare Adebayo
Oche Writes
LinkedIn: Oche Writes
Instagram: Oche|Content Marketing
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Oche Writes has been ranked among the top 200 LinkedIn Creators Worldwide. He is a content marketing trainer and trains entrepreneurs to create content that positions them to attract clients and build a global brand. Content marketing is a marketing approach focused on creating valuable and consistent content to attract and retain a clearly defined audience and ultimately drive profitable business goals.
Oche Writes
Dipo Awojide
LinkedIn: Dr Dipo Awojiode
Facebook: Dr Dipo Awojide
Instagram: ogbenidipo
Twitter: @OgbeniDipo
Dipo Awojide, also known as “Ogbeni Dipo”, is a Nigerian lawyer, lecturer, and social media influencer. He is known for his online presence and engagement with Nigerian youth on issues related to career development, entrepreneurship, and personal finance. He is the founder of “SME Clinic”, an online platform that provides business support to small and medium-sized enterprises in Nigeria.
Dipo Awojide
Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli
LinkedIn: Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli
Facebook: Ndidi Nwuneli
Instagram: ndidinwuneli
Twitter: @ndidiNwuneli
Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli is an expert on social innovation, agriculture and nutrition, and entrepreneurship. She has over 25 years of international development experience. In 2002, she established LEAP Africa to inspire, empower, and equip a new cadre of moral, disciplined, and dynamic young leaders in Africa.
Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli
Henrietta Onwuegbuzie
LinkedIn: Dr Henrietta Onwuegbuzie
Facebook: Henrietta Onwuegbuzie
Instagram: henriettaonwuegbuzie
Henrietta Onwuegbuzie
Kehinde (Olusola) Nwani
LinkedIn: Kehinde Nwani
Facebook: Kehinde Nwani
Twitter: Kehinde Nwani Ph.D.
Kehinde (Olusola) Nwani, Ph., is a social entrepreneur who has a passion for national transformation and believes that education can be used as a viable tool for societal development. Nwani founded Meadow Hall, an educational group with a vision of being a leading educational conglomerate in West Africa. The group’s core values are Godliness, Excellence and Transformation.
Kehinde (Olusola) Nwani
11. Ademola ADENUBI
LinkedIn: Ademola ADENUBI, Ph.D
Facebook: Ademola Adenubi
Instagram: ademola.adenubi
Twitter: Ademola ADENUBI, Ph.D
Ademola ADENUBI, PhD, is a researcher and founder of EduTAMS (edutams.net), an ed-tech solution with integrated cloud platforms for enrolment, assessment, payment, and result; powering over 1 million learners in over 5,000 basic schools in Nigeria. TAMS is an acronym for Technology-Assisted Academic Management System; a multi-tenant, cloud-based school management system that provides a personalised platform and user-friendly interface for education stakeholders to interact, manage information, and coordinate school processes and operations.
Ademola Adenubi
Marilyn (Uchenna) Ogbogu-Ugokwe
LinkedIn: Marilyn Ogbogu-Ugokwe (B.Sc. Ed., TRCN)
Facebook: Marilyn Ogbogu-Ugokwe
Instagram: Marilyn Ugokwe
Marilyn (Uchenna) Ogbogu-Ugokwe (B.Sc. Ed., TRCN), is a dedicated and enthusiastic teacher, well-versed in using various teaching methods, and strategies, and adapting a teaching style, to meet the needs of each student. She is also a National Presidential Awardee – Overall Best Teacher, 2022.
Marilyn (Uchenna) Ogbogu-Ugokwe
Olasunkanmi Opeifa
LinkedIn: Olasunkanmi Opeifa
Facebook: Olasunkanmi Samuel Opeifa
Twitter: @sunaksam
Instagram: Olasunkanmi Samuel Opeifa
Olasunkanmi Opeifa is a record-breaking educator with achievements that are motivating other teachers to go above and beyond. He became the National Champion 2018 Maltina Teacher of the Year making him the first from the FCT and the Northern part of Nigeria to ever win the award. In 2020, he made the FCT and Nigeria proud by being the first teacher in West Africa to emerge as one of the Top 10 teachers in the Global Teacher Prize organised by the Varkey Foundation, UK. He is the first teacher to ever get his name on YNaija Person of the Year and he won the 2020 edition (popular votes) among international professionals, leaders, and famous entertainers. In 2021, he won the BIC Cristal Pen Award as the first teacher in Nigeria and the West African region to ever win the award.
Olasunkanmi Opeifa
Hakeem Subair
LinkedIn: Hakeem Subair
Facebook: Hakeem Subair
Twitter: @hakeemtas
Instagram: Hakeem Subair
Hakeem Subair is the co-founder & chief executive officer of 1 Million Teachers. In addition to his role as co-founder and CEO of 1MT, Hakeem is an adjunct professor of Innovation and Change Management, and Artificial Intelligence and Entrepreneurship – focusing on their application to solving challenging global problems.
Hakeem Subair
Elvis Boniface
LinkedIn: Elvis Boniface
Facebook: Elvis Boniface
Twitter: @ElvisBoniface
Instagram: Elvis Boniface
Elvis Boniface is the founder of Edugist, a digital social impact newsroom with a focus on everything and anything education. The overarching objective at Edugist is to lead conversations in education across the African continent. He is a development consultant, speaker, and entrepreneur with a passion for education, technology, and leadership.
Elvis Boniface
Biodun Kolawole
LinkedIn: Biodun Kolawole
Facebook: Biodun Kolawole
Instagram: Biodun Kolawole
Biodun Kolawole is an advocate for quality education in Nigeria. He has been involved in various initiatives aimed at improving the quality of education in the country, including advocating for better funding for public schools, providing scholarships to underprivileged students, and partnering with organisations to improve educational infrastructure and resources. He is also a co-founder of an educational consulting firm that provides advisory services to schools and other educational institutions.
Biodun Kolawole
Ezem Collins
LinkedIn: Ezem Collins Chizuruoke
Facebook: Collins C. Ezem
A teacher at the Royal Family Academy, Abuja, Ezem Collins, emerged as the 2019 Maltina Teacher of the Year. Collins, a Civic Education and Christian Religious teacher was declared winner of the prestigious honour at the grand finale.
Ezem Collins third from left
Oluwabunmi Anani
LinkedIn: Oluwabunmi Anani
Facebook: Bunmi Anani
Anani Oluwabunmi is a teacher from Concordia College in Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria. She won the 2020 Maltina Teacher of the Year award for her exceptional contributions to teaching and the education sector. Oluwabunmi is known for her innovative teaching techniques, which have helped her students achieve remarkable academic results. She is also involved in various community development projects, including providing educational support for underprivileged children.
Oluwabunmi Anani
Rose Nkemdilim Obi
LinkedIn: Nkemdilim (Rose) Obi
Facebook: TeacherRose Nkem Obi
Rose Nkemdilim Obi is a Mathematics and Chemistry teacher who won the Maltina Teacher of the Year award in 2015. She teaches at Our Lady of Apostle Secondary School, Yaba, Lagos State. The award has had a positive impact on her life and career, as she has been able to attend various training programs and conferences both locally and internationally.
Rose Nkemdilim Obi
Modupe Adefeso, Ph.D
LinkedIn: Mo Adefeso-Olateju, PhD.
Facebook: Mo Dupe
Instagram: Dr. Modupe Adefeso-Olateju
Modupe (Mo) Adefeso-Olateju is a recognised policy expert specialising in public-private collaboration in education and with a keen interest in education innovation and foundational literacy and numeracy. She is Managing Director of Nigeria’s pioneering education partnership organisation, The Education Partnership (TEP) Centre, where she leads the LEARNigeria citizen-led assessment and advocacy programme. She co-established the annual pan-African education innovation summit, NEDIS, which is now in its 7th year.
Modupe Adefeso
Nnenna Okore
LinkedIn: Nnenna Okore
Intagram: Nnenna Okore
Nnenna Okore serves as the director of Learning, Curriculum Design, and Technology, bringing over twelve years of dynamic education experience. As an innovative and enthusiastic educator and researcher, she has excelled both within and outside the traditional classroom setting. Recognised for her excellence as a facilitator and educational content creator, Nnenna holds a Master’s Degree in Educational Management and Planning, underscoring her dedication to the ongoing improvement of educational methodologies.
Nnenna Okore
Ify Obidi-Essien
LinkedIn: Ify Obidi-Essien
Instagram: Ify Obidi-Essien
Facebook: Ify Obidi-Essien
Ify Obidi-Essien serves as an EdTech Consultant and holds the prestigious title of a Microsoft Global Training Partner. Her dedication revolves around propelling digital transformation in education by introducing technology solutions to educators. As the CEO of Tech-Savvy Teacher International, an EdTech Company, Ify focuses on providing training and consultancy services aimed at enabling schools to leverage technology comprehensively, particularly in the classroom.
Ify Obidi-Essien
Lekan Otufodunrin
LinkedIn: Lekan Otufodunrin
Facebook: Lekan Otufodunrin
Lekan Otufodunrin, a seasoned journalist and specialist in media career development, serves as the executive director of Media Career Development Network, Nigeria’s premier media career mentoring and coaching organisation. Otufodunrin is not only a veteran journalist but also a passionate media trainer and counsellor. As the founder of Media Career Development Network, he has played a pivotal role in offering regular media career mentoring, coaching, and networking opportunities for journalists.
Lekan Otufodunrin
Sola Adeola Sogebra
LinkedIn: Sola Adeola, Sogebra
Facebook: Sola Adeola Sogebra
Drawing upon more than 16 years of dedicated teaching experience and fortified by a series of certifications, Sola stands as an impassioned and forward-thinking educational leader at Caleb Group of Schools. In her role, she meticulously oversees the school’s operations, resources, and staff, cultivating an atmosphere of excellence, innovation, and collaboration to ensure a top-notch education for students. Beyond her administrative duties, Sola is the founder of The Change Makers platform, a thriving community that unites over 230 educators, fostering connection and mutual learning.
Sola Adeola Sogebra
Nancy Ekpezu (MCIA, MNIM, MBA)
LinkedIn: Nancy Ekpezu (MCIA, MNIM, MBA)
Youtube: Nancy Ekpezu
Intagram: Nancy Ekpezu
Nancy Ekpezu, a certified professional administrator and seasoned life coach, boasts an impressive career spanning over two decades within the education sector. She founded the Educational Administration Network, a thriving Facebook group with a membership exceeding 12,000 individuals from diverse countries worldwide.
Nancy Ekpezu
Dr. Mrs. Toyin Sam-Emehelu – FPMC, FIMC, FPACA, CPLP
LinkedIn: Dr. Mrs. Toyin Sam-Emehelu – FPMC, FIMC, FPACA, CPLP
Facebook: Toyin Sam-Emehelu Coreskills
Toyin Sam-Emehelu
Prince Ifoh
LinkedIn: Prince Ifoh
Prince Ifoh is a seasoned international educator, a dynamic social worker, and the visionary founder of the Young African Leaders Forum (YALF), an international collective dedicated to empowering young individuals and shaping a new generation of leaders for Africa. As an esteemed alumnus of Teach for Nigeria (Teach for All network), Prince’s genuine commitment lies in fostering students’ cognitive, moral, and social development.
Prince Ifoh
