Meet Femi

Obasa Olorunfemi, in thirteen years.

From a water-resources degree in Abeokuta to ForbesBLK, by way of Lagos, Nicosia and a lot of problems nobody else wanted.

Programmes and communities

  • ForbesBLK, member 2024
  • ITU Seed Accelerator, cohort 2022
  • Tony Elumelu Foundation, alumni 2016

Timeline

From Abeokuta to ForbesBLK

  1. 2012

    Graduated

    B.Sc. Water Resources Management and Agrometeorology, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta. Thesis on the impacts of climate change on the water quality of self-supply wells.

  2. 2013

    Started up

    Founded Extrafemi Ventures and launched ChatClass NG, one of Nigeria’s early online higher education marketplaces. Invited to give strategic direction on carbon credits for the World Bank’s Partnership for Market Readiness, Kingdom of Morocco.

  3. 2014

    Nominated in Berlin

    Fleuri Consults nominated for the Youth Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition by the GOI Peace Foundation, Stiftung Entrepreneurship Berlin and UNESCO.

  4. 2016

    Tony Elumelu Foundation

    ChatClass NG shortlisted for the Tony Elumelu Foundation class of 2016, and the top 50 of The Next Titan Season 2.

  5. 2018

    A record at Social Media Week Lagos

    Wakafire hosted the first event covered entirely using smartphones operated by non-photography professionals.

  6. 2020

    T-VINE columnist

    Began writing for the UK’s leading Turkish and North Cypriot community publication, read by diplomats and senior officials.

  7. 2021

    A column that changed the law

    A trafficking investigation contributed to updated human trafficking legislation in North Cyprus and drew a commendation from NAPTIP. Semi-finalist in the Boğaziçi University Digital Marketing Challenge.

  8. 2022

    MBA and ITU Seed

    MBA, Cyprus International University (3.5/4.00), thesis added to the TRNC Chamber of Commerce library. Find A Mech accepted into the ITU Seed Accelerator. Co-authored Africa 80.

  9. 2024

    ForbesBLK

    Admitted as a member of ForbesBLK.

  10. 2025

    Research desk

    Papers on SSRN with Precious Obasa (nee Olusegun) PhD: the Whetstone Method, the Aspiration Horizon, Ghost Statistics and more.

  11. Now

    Three workstreams

    Head of Business at Oneremit Payments and running Extrafemi Ventures.