Oluseun Onigbinde Explained

Oluseun David Onigbinde
Birth Place:Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria.
Nationality:Nigerian
Education:Stanford Executive Program in Social Entrepreneurship
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Electrical/Electronics Engineering.
Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta
Loyola College, Ibadan.
Occupation:Open Data advocate, Entrepreneur
Years Active:2011–present
Known For:Co-Founder and CEO of BudgIT.
Notable Works:Tracka, Fitila.africa, yourbudgit.com
CEO of BudgIT
Children:2
Awards:Ashoka Fellowship for Global Entrepreneurs.
The Future Awards, 2012.
World Summit Youth Award.
Knight International Journalism Fellow.
International Center for Journalists.

Oluseun Onigbinde (born 18 September 1985) is a Nigerian entrepreneur and open data analyst, known as the co-founder and CEO of budgIT,[1] a Nigerian civic startup. Oluseun Onigbinde is an advocate for fiscal transparency and open data. In 2012, he was awarded the Future Awards Prize for Science and Tech Innovation.[2] Oluseun on 13 September 2019, was appointed as Technical Adviser in the Ministry of Budget and National Planning.[3] His appointment was controversial among government critics. [4]

On Monday, 16 September 2019, Oluseun resigned as Technical Adviser to the Minister of State for Budget and National Planning.[5]

Early life

Oluseun is a native of Masifa, Ogbomoso, Oyo State. He was born in Osogbo, presently Osun State, Nigeria.

Educational background

Oluseun had his primary and secondary school education at Loyola College, Ibadan. He scored nine distinctions in his West African Examinations Council's exam, earning the best result of the school's 2001 set.

Oluseun attended the University of Agriculture, Abeokuta where he obtained a bachelor of engineering (B.Eng.) in Electrical/Electronics Engineering and the Stanford university graduate school of business where he completed the executive program in social entrepreneurship.

Career

During his NYSC, he was posted to Benin City where worked at Access bank. He later joined First Bank for a period of three and half years. It was while he was working at First Bank that he got the idea for BudgIT. According to him, his interest in banking was from the strategy angle, a space where he could contribute his ideas.[6]

Oluseun Onigbinde is a recipient of several awards and he is currently an Obama Foundation Scholar at Columbia University. He is a board member of the ONE Africa Policy Advisory Board.[7]

He was appointed as Technical Adviser at the Ministry of Budget and National Planning but resigned few days later.[8]

BudgIT

In 2011, Oluseun Onigbinde and Joseph Agunbiade formed a team during a hackathon held at the Co-Creation Hub. It was here that he came up with the idea for a need to publicize government spending to the general public, leading to the startup BudgIT.[9] In 2014, the Omidyar Network invested $400,000 in BudgIT; this has always been listed on their website. In June 2015, the Kaduna State government under the administration of Mallam El-Rufai, signed BudgIT to build Open Budget mobile portal similar to the Buharimeter; a platform which was built by BudgIT for Center for Democracy and Development to hold President Buhari accountable for his campaign promises.[10] In January 2017, BudgIT raised an additional $3 million grant from Omidyar Network and Gates Foundation.[11] In February 2016, Oluseun Onigbinde was honoured to make a presentation at the Chatham House under the African Project on issue of accountability and governance.[12]

Civic Technology

Onigbinde is an advocate for data-driven journalism. He participated in a health journalism project as part of the Knight Innovation Fellowship of the International Center for Journalists. In 2014, BudgIT launched Tracka, which monitors public projects in over 600 communities in Nigeria.

His organization also founded Civic Hive, Nigeria's civic innovation hub, that incubates civic tech start-ups.[13]

Personal life

Seun resides in Lagos with his wife, Oluwaseun, and daughters Wuraola and Ireoluwa [14]

Awards and recognitions

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Oluwafemi. Bankole. Meet BudgIT Founder And Nigerian Data Pioneer, Seun Onigbinde On Digits. TechCabal. 27 August 2016.
  2. Web site: The Future Awards 2012 – Meet the winners. Enterpraxis.com. 27 August 2016.
  3. Web site: Budgit's founder, Seun Onigbinde appointed Technical adviser in Budget ministry. Punch Newspapers. en-US. 2019-09-13.
  4. Web site: Nigerians Attack Popular Critic, Seun Onigbinde, After Appointment By Buhari. 2019-09-13. Sahara Reporters. 2019-09-13.
  5. Web site: AN UPDATE ON MY RECENT APPOINTMENT. Onigbinde. Oluseun. 2019-09-16. Medium. en. 2019-09-16.
  6. Web site: Meet Seun Onigbinde, The Man Whose Company Will Turn Around Government Transparency. techpoint.ng. en-US. 2017-03-15.
  7. Web site: Leadership - The ONE Campaign. 2014-05-20. ONE. en-US. 2020-01-22.
  8. Web site: Seun Onigbinde resigns as Technical Adviser in Budget ministry - Punch Newspapers.
  9. Web site: Matuluko. Muyiwa. Meet Seun Onigbinde, The Man Whose Company Will Turn Around Government Transparency. TechPoint. 27 August 2016.
  10. Web site: Kaduna State government signs BudgIT to build Open Budget mobile portal. techpoint.ng. 26 June 2015 . en-US. 2017-03-15.
  11. Web site: BREAKING: BudgIT raises $3 million grant from Omidyar Network and Gates Foundation. techpoint.ng. 25 January 2017 . en-US. 2017-03-15.
  12. Web site: Oluseun Onigbinde. Data Science Nigeria. en-US. 2020-01-22.
  13. Web site: CivicHive – Welcome. en-US. 2020-01-22.
  14. Web site: Olusegun Onigbinde.
  15. Web site: Oluseun Onigbinde Ashoka Everyone a Changemaker . 2022-07-04 . www.ashoka.org . en-us.
  16. Web site: The Full List Of The Future Awards 2012 Winners! . 27 August 2016.
  17. Web site: Oluseun Onigbinde . 2022-07-04 . International Center for Journalists . en.
  18. Web site: Oluseun Onigbinde . 2022-07-04 . Global Shakers . en-US.
  19. Web site: 2020-01-03 . Oluseun Onigbinde . 2022-07-04 . New Voices Fellowship . en-US.
  20. Web site: University . © Stanford . Stanford . California 94305 . Introducing our 2016 Draper Hills Summer Fellows . 2022-07-04 . cddrl.fsi.stanford.edu . en.
  21. Web site: Meet the Scholars Columbia World Projects . 2022-07-04 . worldprojects.columbia.edu.
  22. Web site: The Editor . 2018 Associates . African Leadership Institute . 20 August 2018.