Reliance Infosystems

Senior Vice President - Startup Program

Microsoft

- Strategically implemented community and partner-led marketing strategies to drive a 49% increase in customer acquisition and a 25% boost in consumer engagement
- Analyzed market trends to optimize revenue pipeline operations, accelerating the identification and conversion of high-potential customers
- Successfully launched products in Africa, resulting in over 50% growth in customer and partner acquisition and retention
- Developed and executed multivariate industry-focused go-to-market strategy leading to improved customer acquisition, engagement, and retention
- Gathered and analyzed customer feedback to enhance product offerings and resolved complaints through empathetic communication and prompt resolution
- Provided post-technical support by connecting customers with venture capital firms for fundraising processes.

Product Marketing Manager - Startups

AfriLabs

Project: AU Digital and Innovation Fellowship Program
- Managed the product development and management phase of the programme by collaborating with the fellows in building data and task management products for 10 units/organs of the African Union Commission. 
- Led the successful deployment of the first and second cohorts of innovation fellows to various units of the African Union Commission.
- Led the technology and non-tech training and capacity-building sessions of the selected fellows.  

Project: Long-Term Joint Research and Innovation Partnership on Renewable Energy (LEAP-RE)
- Managed the implementation of mini-grid stakeholder research and mapping, and the open innovation ideathon for innovators and stakeholders in the renewable energy section with a specific focus on mini-grids challenges across Africa. 
- Managed the evangelism and stakeholder engagement of the mini-grid challenges within the more than 300 strong innovation hubs and over a million startups in the AfriLabs network. This contributed to more than 80% of the total respondents for the survey.

Project: United Nations Population Fund Climate and FGM HackLabs
- Managed the incubation of 6 promising startups in a 6-months long bootcamp. 
- Managed the pre-incubation capacity building bootcamp for 18 early-stage startups across Africa. The bootcamp identified the top 6 startups for the climate and FGM incubation program.
- Managed the recruitment of 10 leading experts from Africa’s innovation community, development and delivery of a needs-based curriculum, and the design of evaluation methodologies that trained and shortlisted the top 6 innovations. 
- Managed the design, management, and implementation of the $260,000 United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) Climate and Female Genital Mutilation HackLab Programs.

Programs Officer

Programs Associate

EdTech Hub

• Led a cross-functional team of 10 through the entire product lifecycle, from conception to launch and multiple iterations.
• Collaborated with developers to successfully build prototypes for proof of concept.
• Partnered with sales, engineering, communications, and partnership teams to effectively disseminate key learnings.
• Engaged 7 external stakeholders who provided crucial support in terms of funding, technical implementation, and expertise.
• Implemented optimized features during sprints for lean marketing strategies, resulting in improved performance.

Product Manager

Network of Incubators and Innovators in Nigeria (NINe)

- Drove cost efficiency in product marketing activities, resulting in a 7% reduction in operational costs.
- Orchestrated the marketing and publicity strategy for the Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative in West Africa, resulting in a record-breaking 2500+ applications from the region.
- Led a cross-functional team to consolidate market feedback and generate insightful reports.

Product Marketing Consultant

AIESEC Ife

- Negotiated and secured three financial partnerships with a bank, a software development company, and a media organization worth $5000.
- Secured 2 logistical and learning partnerships with a project management firm and a business school. facilitated the growth of the learning partnerships into financial partnerships worth $3000.
- Organised the organization's Management and Entrepreneurship Seminar (AIMES) for the 18th time in 2018, which drew more than 300 young entrepreneurs and featured Dr Andrew Nevin, chief economist of PwC West Africa, as the keynote speaker.
- Managed an alumni network of over 250 people and raised over $2000 from the community.
- Led a team of 20 in developing and implementing a company-wide recruitment strategy.
- Designed and anchored creative learning spaces for all 120 members of the organization.
- Developed a workplace communication strategy that improved the knowledge and productivity of members by 75%.
- Matched 10 high-performing talents with Nigerian startups requiring their unique set of skills.
- Led the development of a talent development framework. Organised feedback workshops with an average of 90% attendance on its use.

Partnerships & Talent Management Lead

Korus Africa

- Conceptualized and deployed enhanced features and optimized implementation for use in product development and launch strategies.
- Managed a cross-functional team of six from product conception through launch and multiple iterations.
- Led the design of the product roadmap and the prioritization of product goals and metrics across 4 user platforms.
- Documented user stories, specifications, and product features into detailed work orders to communicate across teams and build mandatory requirements.

Product Development Specialist

Isedowo Global Technologies Limited

- Managed the product launch strategy for Muser Inc's anonymous android chat app, MUSER – Speak Freely. Touted as Africa's first. Had over 1000 downloads on the Google Playstore.
- Assisted with product demonstrations at multiple locations and events to showcase functionality to over 5000 users.
- Identified company objectives by analyzing feedback, observing consumers and collecting surveys for the development of Nigeria's first online pharmacy, Drugwell NG.
- Toured West Africa (Benin, Togo, Ghana) as a research assistant to the team lead for 'Tech Hubs and Social Innovation in Africa'; a pan-African research project funded by OSIWA and AfriLabs to track and analyse how hubs operate and support tech startups in the ecosystem. The research report remains a reference for hub managers and funders in Africa.

Product and Operations Specialist

Taiye is a product marketing manager at Microsoft's African Transformation Office. He also manages the startup community in Africa where he is responsible for building the startup market pipeline by leveraging Product and Community-led Growth Strategies to recruit startups and support African startups to use and maximise benefits available on the Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub platform as well as the dedicated support of the African Transformation Office. 

He is a Product Marketing. Project Management and Business Intelligence expert with close to a decade of years of experience in the technology, international development, and innovation sectors. 

He is an unrepentant Real Madrid and he enjoys problem-solving.

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