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Meet your African CEO - Akin Alabi
 
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Fri, 26 Oct 2018   ||   Nigeria,
 

Oloye Akin Alabi is an entrepreneur, philanthropist and politician. He is the author of "Small Business, Big Money", founder of Nairabet.com - one of the leading betting companies in Africa. He is also the founder of Nightlife.NG, Akin Alabi Foundation.

He had his primary education at command children school, Ibadan. He then proceeded to Federal Government College Enugu where he had his secondary education. He obtained his Higher National Diploma in Business Administration at the Polytechnic Ibadan. Akin Alabi also holds a certificate in Intellectual Property Strategy from Harvard University, USA.

He launched his seminar and training institute which specializes in training and consulting for young people starting their own businesses. He also launched World Soccer News, a weekly football newspaper.

He founded Nigeria's first online sports betting company- Nairabet which has outlets all over the country with its operations regulated by National Lottery Regulatory Commission.

Akin Alabi is also well known for his philanthropic works. He has over time sponsored a number of young people for various empowerment programmes. His foundation - Akin Alabi Foundation has executed projects like donating classrooms to primary schools, giving financial empowerment to widows, provision of bore holes in areas where the water supply is not readily available.

He is also a politician and the flag bearer of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) for the Egbeda/Ona Ara Federal Constituency in Oyo state in the upcoming 2019 general elections.

 

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