The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), a global and leading champion in entrepreneurship in Africa, has selected Majekodunmi Waheed Oladipo as one of its 2021 TEF Mentors.

His selection was based on his level of expertise and assessment responses provided to the selection team.

In his role as a mentor, he would be matched with up to three mentees, who he will be expected to guide to business success for a period of 12 months and also analyse the businesses of selected entrepreneurs and guide them towards business success.

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He is expected to act as TEF Judge who shall review and rank TEF entrepreneurs based on their pitch performance and ability to prove their business development know-how.

With a work experience spanning over a decade, Majekodunmi holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, and a Master’s degree (also in Economics) from the University of Lagos, Akoka.

He is a seasoned university administrator at the Lagos State University, Ojo where he is a Senior Assistant Registrar at the Open and Distance Learning and Research Institute (0DLRI). He is the founder of Majeesky Consulting – an online business solution and advisory platform for small-scale businesses.

He is a full member of the Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM), a Fellow of the Institute of Corporate and Public Sector Professionals (ICPSP), and a member of the Nigerian Economic Society (NES). He is also a member of the Association of Nigerian University Professional Administrators (ANUPA), where he is the publicity secretary of the Lagos State University Chapter.

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha is the Aviation Correspondent at BusinessDay Media Limited, publishers of BusinessDay Newspapers. She is also the Deputy Editor, BusinessDay Weekender Magazine, the Saturday Weekend edition of BusinessDay. She holds a BSC in Mass Communication from the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a Masters degree in Marketing at the University of Lagos. As the lead writer on the aviation desk, Ifeoma is responsible and in charge of the three weekly aviation and travel pages in BusinessDay and BDSunday. She also overseas and edits all pages of BusinessDay Saturday Weekender. She has written various investigative, features and news stories in aviation and business related issues and has been severally nominated for award in the category of Aviation Writer of the Year by the Nigeria Media Nite-Out awards; one of the Nigeria’s most prestigious media awards ceremonies. Ifeoma is a one-time winner of the prestigious Nigeria Media Merit Award under the 'Aviation Writer of the Year' Category. She is the 2025 Eloy Award winner under the Print Media Journalist category. She has undergone several journalism trainings by various prestigious organisations. Ifeoma is also a fellow of the Female Reporters Leadership Fellowship of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism.

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