Damilola Emuze

Damilola Emuze
Nationality
Occupation
  • Businessperson
Notable work
  • Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of ScholarX

Damilola Emuze is a Nigerian businessperson, co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of ScholarX, a platform which connects high-potential students with funding opportunities.[1]

In December 2019, Emuze was one of five female entrepreneurs to emerge as winners of a UK-Nigeria Tech Hub competition sponsored by the British High Commission in Lagos.[2] The winners received sponsorship to travel to the United Kingdom for the January 2020 UK-Africa Investment Summit.[3][4] In March 2020, Emuze was one of ten African entrepreneurs selected for the Westerwelle Young Founders Programme, a six-month programme for entrepreneurs from developing and emerging economies.[5][6]

  1. ^ TechCabal, Nigerian Women in Tech, March 2020.
  2. ^ Emma Okonji, British Commission to Sponsor Entrepreneurs to UK-Africa Investment Summit, This Day, 16 December 2019. Accessed 16 May 2020.
  3. ^ Tunde Ososanya, UK-Nigeria Tech Hub: 5 Nigerian women entrepreneurs to get UK training, Legit, 9 Jan 2020. Accessed 16 May 2020.
  4. ^ Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Finalists announced for the International Tech Hub Network’s Female Tech Founders and TeXchange programmes, gov.uk, 13 January 2020. Accessed 20 16 2020.
  5. ^ Tom Jackson, 12 African entrepreneurs selected for Westerwelle Young Founders Programme, Disrupt Africa, 9 March 2020. Accessed 16 May 2020.
  6. ^ Meet the 10 African startups selected for the Westerwelle Young Founders Programme, Venture Burn, 13 March 2020. Accessed 16 May 2020.