Eyitayo Ogunmola is an impact entrepreneur, founder of Utiva. He built the largest tech learning company on the continent with over 90,000 people with clients, standing as one of the biggest global brands.
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In the spirit of giving back to the society, philanthropis Impact Tech Entrepreneur, Otunba Eyitayo Ogunmola during the week appreciated and empowered Eyi-Eko Team members through its Eyi-Eko Trust Fund with palliatives and cash support.
L-R: Michael Alao, Chief Logistic Officer, EyiEko Movement, Otunba Sesi Tobiloba, J.P. Chairman, Obawole youth Group,
Otunba Eyitayo Ogunmola, Convener, EyiEko Movement, Chief Imam, Ridwalin Muhamed Raji, Chief Imam Obawole central Mosque and Comrade (Mrs) Balogun Tuner Folashade, during the EyiEko movement Empowerments & Appreciation for over 300 members, held at Ifako Ijaye in Lagos.
The young philanthropist, Eyitayo while giving out the palliatives and cash gifts to the team members who have served through thick and thin said it is a means of alleviating relief on the present economic situation in Ifako-Ijaye local government Area of Lagos State, Nigeria.
L-R: Comrade (Mrs) Balogun Tuner Folashade, Beneficiary, Mrs Sanni Sekinat, Beneficiary, Aborisade Rahman, Beneficiary, Otunba Eyitayo Ogunmola, Convener, EyiEko Movement, Omolola Oluwatosin Christiana and Olugbaye Dele, during the EyiEko movement Empowerments & Appreciation for over 300 members, held at Ifako Ijaye in Lagos.
More than 35 team leaders went home with cash support while over 300 members got food palliatives.
Addressing the press, he said: ” I was born and have lived all my life in Ifako-Ijaiye. I have seen this community grow. I have seen people that I grew up with go and do big things and prosper. And one of the things that we are doing is creating a social movement that gives back to this community.”
Beneficiaries.
“This is where we have lived all our lives. We have seen older people get aged. We have seen people with disabilities who are really in need of help and need support. We have seen women and children that need to be supported, especially children that need to go to school.
Cash gifts beneficiaries
So one of the things that we are doing with the Eyi-Eko movement is to give back to this community so that we can have better people, better individuals, and a better country at large.
“The interesting thing now is that there is renewed hope. We are all moving the same agenda for a better country, a better Nigeria. But this cannot just be the work of the government. It has to be the work of the private sector. It has to be the work of non-profit organizations. And most importantly, individuals like myself, you know, would believe in the agenda of renewed hope and would believe that, as a country, we can all live together and do better.”
“We need to take our resources and invest in the community that makes us, that builds us. And that is what I am doing. And that is what I am also calling on other people to do. Today, over 300 people are meant to benefit from Eyi-Eko movement initiatives,” he said.
Continuing, he said: ”Not just palliatives or cash rewards, we run a tech scholarship for young people in this community to learn technology skills. We have a vocational training program for young people to learn skills. We have a football competition that we have done two times for young people to showcase their talent.
We have school programs where we are helping people who need to still go back to school to fund their education. We have rates for different programs for young people, but we are not just focused on young people.
They are older people, they are children, and they are people with disabilities. We are doing several projects for this community.
And that is the message that I send to those who intend to benefit from this. I mean, the message is simple. You know, you people raised me in this community. Every face that I see here raised me. And what I am giving back to the community should also have a ripple effect.”
Eyitayo Ogunmola however, called on high-profile individuals in Ifako-Ijaye to take their resources and give back to the community where they were raised, adding that if we all invest in this community, what we would have is a better life for everyone in Ifako-Ijaye.
Ogunmola also used the medium to encourage young people to come out and invest their resources in the community so as to raise better individuals and grow up together.
Who is Eyitayo Ogunmola?
Eyitayo Ogunmola is a technology and impact entrepreneur, the founder of Utiva, who built the largest tech learning company on the continent with over 90,000 people and clients among the biggest global brands.
As a tech entrepreneur, he is popularly celebrated as the ‘Tech and Web3 Evangelist’. Helping Africans move into future skills and helping companies from anywhere in the world hire smart talents.
Eyitayo is a 2020 Facebook Community Leader, an Antler Entrepreneur, a 2020 Halcyon Incubator Fellow in the US, a 2019 Global Good Funds Fellow (United States), a 2018 Chevening Scholar (funded by the UK Government), a 2016 Atlas Corps Fellow (United States), a 2019 Unleash Talent (Shenzhen, China), a 2015 NLI Associate Fellow, and a 2014 Carrington Youth Fellow.
Eyitayo worked with CreativeDC in the US as a product manager and moved to work with Afrissance as a Vice President partnership. He also consulted for the Royal Bank of Scotland on Change Management. He also studied Business Strategy and Change at Edinburgh Business School and consults as an AI Product Manager.
He is best described as a philanthropist.
