Meet the face behind BudgIT; OLUSEUN ONIGBINDE "A CREAM and BOLD NIGERIAN"
MINI BIO
Born: Oluseun Onigbinde
Other names: David
Occupation: Entrepreneur
Years active: 2012-present
HIS STORY
EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION
Oluseun Onigbinde was born in Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria (a native of Ogbomoso) and

CAREER
- Since his graduation from the University, he has worked in Nigeria’s thriving financial sector with experiences in Nigeria’s premier bank, First Bank Nigeria Plc and Access Bank Plc.
- He also has co-led Green Acts, a hibernating non-profit organization dedicated towards climate change and sustainability awareness.
- Being a firm adherent of open data and how it guarantees a transparency and initiates communities to action, he currently leads a civic startup in Nigeria named BudgIT. BudgIT, my novel idea founded in 2011 during a technology bootcamp organized by Co-Creation Hub uses technologies of any form that appeal across every literacy span to make public data more accessible, transparent and understandable to Nigerians and great people of the world.
- He is a contributor to Data Journalism Handbook currently written on data visualization and also a member of the Open Spending Wiki Group, an initiative of the Open Knowledge Foundation based in United Kingdom.
- In recognition of BudgIT’s drive of making Nigeria’s budget and public data more open,
- On behalf of his amazing team, BudgIT which he leads has been awarded 2012 Future Awards (Innovation in Science and Technological category)
- World Youth Summit Awards, finalist for the African News Innovation Challenge and Nigeria Internet Group Prize for Social Entrepreneurship.
- He also took part in the Stanford University Executive Program on Social Entrepreneurship, a member of Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance and also a Knight Innovation Fellow.
On his dreams;
"I still have the dream of leading a thriving public policy think-tank with a social mission of a better and informed society, driving open data across the entire Nigerian literacy chain and also publish a collection of short stories"
PERSONAL LIFE
"I love God, my wonderful family, rap music and also support Chelsea and Juventus football clubs at dawn. Right now, I am not married but I will do so this year by God's Grace. I am very focused on running BudgIT."
WEB LINKS
yourbudgit.com
Skype: oluseunonigbinde
Twitter: @seunonigbinde
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