Keji Giwa (born October 28, 1977) is a British-born Nigerian entrepreneur with key interests and expertise in digital technology strategy and execution; he is the founder & CEO of Digital Bananas Technology,[1] a digital solutions provider and Career Insights, and e-work experience platform. Both companies operate and offer services in the UK and sub-Saharan Africa.

Keji Giwa
Born (1977-10-28) October 28, 1977 (age 46)
NationalityBritish
Alma materKingston University, London
Occupation(s)
  • Founder and CEO: Digital Bananas Technology

Early life and education edit

Giwa was born in Hackney, London and spent his early primary and secondary education in Nigeria. He came back to the UK at age 16 to further his education and received a degree in Computer Science from Kingston University, in the United Kingdom. He is a professional member of the British Computer Society.

Career edit

Giwa founded the tech incubator Digital Bananas Technology in 2008 and has worked as a consultant in the UK and within sub-Saharan Africa.[2] In 2014 he created the digital product management platform Career Insights, a sister company of DBT.[3]

Early in his career, Giwa worked as quality assurance manager at Digivate, digital media project manager at Moveme, and business development manager at Reevoo.com. Giwa is also responsible for the business and technology strategy for GrantMyWish, a mobile gifting app for friends, and Tellallmyfriends, a business card sharing app for small businesses;[4] he was part of creating the Reeviu app, a social media plug in for online reviews.[5]

His group gifting app, GrantMyWish was shortlisted for the 2012 eConsultancy digital awards for innovation in customer experience.[6]

References edit

  1. ^ "Career insights is now in Nigeria! Work in the UK, US, Canada, or Dubai and earn up to £11,000 a month". Linda Ikeji. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  2. ^ "A Nigerian Owned Digital Company in the UK is Changing the Lives of Nigerians in Diaspora & at Home". Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Free Project Management Training With Keji Giwa". 7 June 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Study Reveals the Death of the Birthday Present". 1 November 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Firm moves to end unemployment through online training". Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  6. ^ "Revealed: the Econsultancy Innovation Awards 2012 shortlist". Retrieved 20 July 2016.