Edmund Olotu has founded and financed several Technology companies in Nigeria and the USA. US Companies include Novira Therapeutics Inc.-a novel antiviral drug discovery company sold to Johnson and Johnson for $600M in 2015 and Generate4Schools LLC -a first data payment partner using merchant processing fees to fund school projects in the USA.

Nigerian companies include TechAdvance Ltd – a payment application development company processing payments for electricity companies nationwide and SuperGeeks Ltd.- a personal consumer electronics after- sales service and gadget insurance company featured on CNN as one of Nigeria’s most innovative start-ups. Edmund also co-founded West Africa Mining Corporation operating several gold and diamond mining acreage in Sierra Leone and Liberia.

Edmund has a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical engineering from Manchester University, a Master’s degree in Science and Technology entrepreneurship with distinction from Nottingham University Business School and a Master’s degree in Management Finance and Control from Harvard University.