Bunmi Akinyemiju

Bunmi Akinyemiju is the CEO and Co-Founder of Venture Garden Group and Founding Partner, GreenHouse Capital. He has over 23years of experience as an entrepreneur, leader, and Venture Capital investor in innovative technology companies across the globe. Prior to founding VGG, he was the CEO of Enliven Software, USA.

Through GreenHouse Capital, he has invested in over 25 innovative technology companies in Africa, including Flutterwave, Wallets Africa, Helium Health, and Resource. Driven by his passion for nation-building, Bunmi currently serves as Head of the Digital Economy Policy Commission at the Nigerian Economic Summit Group, where he helps to shape the Nigerian technology landscape through policy advocacy and effective collaboration.

In 2017, Bunmi was nominated as one of the top 100 Most Influential People of African Descent in Business and Entrepreneurship by the United Nations. In 2018, he received the Trailblazer Award at the Nigerian American Multicultural Council. VGG was also recognized for its support to the Federal Government in digitizing National Social Investment intervention delivery and technologies that solve socio-economic challenges in Nigeria.

Bunmi holds a degree in Computer Engineering from Michigan State University.

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