Chidi Nwaogu

I'm Chidi Nwaogu, an excellent communicator and entrepreneur. I have over 120,000 followers on social media. I founded, grew, and sold two tech startup companies before I turned 24, including LAGbook, a social network that garnered over one million registered users within three years and was acquired by a Canadian tech company, Gulf Pearl, in 2013.

After LAGbook, I founded Publiseer, described by Konbini as "one of the largest digital publishing companies in Africa". Publiseer has helped over 9,000 underserved and independent African creatives earn a living from the sales of their creative works. Currently, I'm transitioning from my role at Savvy, a business incubator that has equipped over 10,000 passionate individuals from 163 countries, with the knowledge, tools, and support network to build their businesses.

For my accomplishments at both Publiseer and Savvy, I've won the Migration Entrepreneurship Prize from the Swiss Government, and Africa’s Business Heroes Prize from the Alibaba Foundation; to mention a few. I've been recognized as one of the “Most Powerful Young Nigerians for the Year 2021” by YNaija.

Co-founder and Program Head - Savvy Business Incubation and Acceleration Limited

Available in 111 languages, Savvy has selected, trained, supported, and funded (through the Savvy Prize) over 10,000 entrepreneurs from 160+ countries.

August 2020 -

• Led Savvy's partnership with the Kenai Peninsula Educational Support Association (KPESA), to train at least 500 unemployed Kenyan youths in business development, communications, and product design.
• Supervised the translation process of the Savvy business training program from English to 110 languages to foster easy training of our entrepreneurs.
• Oversaw fundraising from the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation, the International Telecommunications Union, and the Roddenberry Foundation, to scale Savvy's operations and growth.

Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer

Publiseer E-Publishing and Digital Music Distribution Limited

Active in 9 African countries, Publiseer has helped over 9,000 African content creators to distribute over 19,000 digital content; garnering over 80 million in downloads and streams.

August 2017 to August 2020

• Led the expansion of Publiseer's operation from Nigeria to Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Egypt, Senegal, Togo, and Côte d'Ivoire.
• Forged strategic partnerships with 413 partner retail stores, including Lazyjoy, Empik, Voxa, iReader, Dreame, Libri, and Vivlio.
• Oversaw fundraising from the Institut Francais, the Goethe-Institut, the Alibaba Foundation, and the Jack Ma Foundation, to scale Publiseer's operations and growth.

Faculty of Science - University of Lagos

2013

Physics