Oyinkansola Adebayo

Chief Executive Officer & Founder

2018 - Current

Building: Niyo Labs - A gamified learn to earn platform powering up educational, employment and entrepreneurial opportunities for the next 10 million earth citizens. Niyo Hair and Beauty (Jorra) - The first AI-powered afro hair and beauty empire with a fleet of salons globally featuring gamified product drops and enhancing customer experience, innovative and ethical products and robust software.

Acumen Fellow

2025

The Acumen Fellowship develops leaders with the practical leadership skills to build solutions for society. It provides a year-long immersive experience, connecting fellows with a global network and equipping them with the tools to drive social change.

Regional Board Member - The Lifted Project

2024

The Lifted Project is a data-driven initiative to increase the flow of capital to regional, high growth female founders sponsored by Lloyds Bank. This is a five-year project aligned with the Rose Review and Treasury, focusing on: - Increasing the % of capital invested into Female Founders in the regions by at least 5% - Attracting at least one new fund to each region - Increasing the number of the regional funds signed up to The Invest in Women Code - Funds in the Seed to Growth stage, 50% of their portfolio having female founders - Delivering new regionally focussed initiatives to increase the number of High Growth female founders - Doubling the number of visible female founders in the region www.theliftedproject.co.uk

Managing Director

2020

Running a 30 week full stack software development bootcamp with a purpose of upskilling black women and connecting them with employers

Scout

2021

Ada Ventures finds and funds extraordinary talent-building breakthrough ideas for the hardest problems we face. We invest across climate, economic empowerment and healthcare & ageing. I am particularly open to speaking to black female founders based in the UK who have disruptive ideas in the sectors aforementioned! (http://adaventures.com)

Angel Investor

2023 - 2024

Ada Ventures is the inclusive venture firm. Ada Ventures finds and funds extraordinary talent building breakthrough ideas for the hardest problems we face. We are investing out of our second fund and we invest £250,000 - £1m in UK technology companies across climate, economic empowerment and healthcare & ageing. Ada Ventures has chosen a second cohort of 20 Ada's Angels who are seed-series A specialist operators & founders in their sectors.

Angel Investor

2024

Angel Investor

2024

Angel Investor

2023

Angel Investor

2022

Commodity Broker

2025

Angel Investor

2024