Odunayo Eweniyi is a Nigerian business executive and activist. She is the Co-founder and Chief Operations Officer PiggyVest.
Eweniyi was born in 1992, and she is the first child of two professors with origins from Oyo State, Nigeria.
Eweniyi graduated from Covenant University in 2013 with a first-class degree in Computer Engineering.
Eweniyi started to launch Push CV with Somto Ifezue and Joshua Chibueze after her graduation in 2013.
Two years later, the trio went on to start PiggyVest in 2016.
Odunayo Eweniyi is a successful entrepreneur and one of Nigeria’s top tech millionaires. As the co-founder of PiggyVest, a popular platform that helps Nigerians save and invest money easily, Odunayo has significantly impacted the FinTech sector.
By solving a common problem of saving and investment in Nigeria, Odunayo has become a key figure in the tech space, proving that technology can bring about financial change and empowerment for many Nigerians.
In 2018, Eweniyi won the Future Awards Africa Prize in Technology. In 2019, she was on Forbes Africa under 30 Technology list. Eweniyi was named as one of 30 Quartz Africa Innovators for 2019.
She was also nominated for The Future Awards Africa Prize for Young Person of The Year in 2020. Eweniyi was also listed on Bloomberg 50 in 2020 and Time’ Next list in 2021 for her joint contributions during the End SARS protests of October 2020. In March 2022, she won the Forbes Woman Africa Technology and Innovation Award.
Her net worth is stated to be $2.1 million.