Adewale Adetona
Adewale Adetona is a Digital Technologist and Co-founder of Menopays, a lifestyle payment option that helps users to pay for needs in instalments. He recently secured the Tech Nation Global Talent Visa endorsement in Digital Technology, a unique scheme created by the UK Government to attract intelligent, and highly skilled talents from around the world to work in the UK’s digital technology sector. Adewale Adetona’s talent endorsement came with a three-year UK visa and residents’ permit as well as other interesting offers.
An Ogun State-born marketing expert, Adewale holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the Lagos State University (LASU), Nigeria, and recently completed his MBA at Business School Netherlands (BSN), Buren Netherlands.
A co-founder of Menopays fintech platform, Adewale is redefining Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) as a lifestyle payment option across Africa.
Until his endorsement by the UK Government, he was the Head of Marketing at SystemSpecs, Nigeria’s foremost Fintech Company, and developers of Remita, an electronic payment and collection platform. He previously worked as their Digital Communications Manager from November 2014 to February 2018, where he built credibility across all social media touchpoints.
As a creative and digital marketing expert, Adewale has worked with various brands to promote their businesses and increase their brand presence and Return On Investment (ROI). He owns a Vlog – Tech Chat with iSlimfit – where he conducts regular interesting video chats with people in Tech for aspiring Tech enthusiasts to learn from them.
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Adewale is the convener of Lagos Digital Summit, an annual summit established in 2017 to bring together people of great minds and brainstorm groundbreaking ideas that have been shaping the nation’s digital landscape.
Through the platform, he has empowered and trained over 5,000 young Nigerian entrepreneurs in digital and social media skills to scale their businesses.
Adewale also volunteers as a Project Manager for Project HumanityNG, an initiative set up to inspire hope and contribute to the health and well-being of orphans and less privileged through various targeted visits, events, outings and donations.
We celebrate Adewale Adetona for his impact and potential growth in digital technology and marketing, which has inspired many youths in Nigeria. He is on LinkedIn as Adewale Adetona