About

The Journey Behind the Builder.

A technology professional, entrepreneur, and founder passionate about building innovative solutions that solve real-world problems. With a background in technology and business, I’ve spent my career developing digital solutions, building companies, and helping organizations improve how they operate. Beyond business, I’m passionate about sharing my experiences, learning from my mistakes, and inspiring others to pursue their goals, embrace growth, and turn their ideas into something meaningful.

Portrait of Olawale Olalekan, technology founder and entrepreneur

01

Where It Started

Growing up, technology wasn’t part of my everyday life. I didn’t have access to a computer, and I didn’t even get the opportunity to use one until after high school. But the first time I did, something clicked. I became curious. I wanted to understand how it worked, what I could build with it, and how far it could take me. I decided to give technology everything I had and never look back. That decision changed the direction of my life. What began with limited access became a journey of learning, building, solving problems, and eventually creating technology and businesses of my own.

02

Discovering Technology

Education, first systems, first code, and the moment technology stopped being a subject and became a tool.

03

Building a Technology Career

Years of analysis, solution design and delivery — learning how real organisations actually work.

04

Salesforce

Solving enterprise business problems on a platform where process, data and people meet. A masterclass in business, disguised as a technology role.

05

Leadership

The shift from delivering tasks to owning outcomes: hiring, prioritising, saying no, and being accountable for decisions.

06

Community and Mentorship

Speaking, mentoring and helping professionals enter and advance in technology — the work that compounds quietly.

07

Becoming a Founder

Choosing to build. Trading certainty for ownership and the chance to solve problems end to end.

08

Building Companies

Afroshipper, Gevento and Tech Launch — three different industries, one operating philosophy.

09

Lessons Along the Way

Distribution beats brilliance. Culture is what you tolerate. Cash is oxygen. Execution is the only real moat.

10

What's Next

More companies, more markets, and a platform for the founders and builders coming behind.

Interactive Timeline

Stage by stage.

  1. Early

    Technology

    A first serious encounter with software, and the realisation that systems can change outcomes.

  2. Career

    Salesforce

    Solving enterprise business problems through configuration, architecture and analysis.

  3. Growth

    Leadership

    Moving from technical execution to owning decisions, budgets and teams.

  4. Give back

    Community

    Speaking, mentoring and helping professionals break into technology.

  5. Shift

    Entrepreneurship

    Choosing to build rather than only implement what others had designed.

  6. Build

    Afroshipper

    Attacking the cost and opacity of cross-border shipping.

  7. Build

    Gevento

    Rebuilding how events are created, discovered and experienced.

  8. Build

    Tech Launch

    A company that builds software products and ships them for others.

  9. Next

    Future Ventures

    More companies, more markets, more problems worth solving.