Ridwan Olalere
Chief Executive Officer at forLoop Africa
Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria
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Top SchoolRidwan Olalere is a seasoned software entrepreneur and CEO with 11 years of experience building web and mobile products that scale, from early WordPress and CATIA automation tools to fintech platforms serving banks and government in Nigeria. He co-founded Novatia and now leads LemFi, combining hands-on engineering (Java, Python/Django, Android, React/Node) with product and growth responsibilities across companies like Flutterwave, OPay and Uber Nigeria. Ridwan’s background in aeronautical engineering and early C/Java modules for the aircraft industry give him a systems-first mindset that informs his approach to resilient product design. He has launched consumer-facing sites with over 100,000 monthly pageviews and applies SEO, UX and A/B testing to drive measurable growth. A founder who moves between coding and operations, he’s known for turning complex domain problems into pragmatic software solutions for Nigerian and international clients. Based in Lagos, he combines technical depth with proven operator experience building payments and immigrant-focused financial services.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bsc Physics and Electronics, Bsc Physics and Electronics at bells university of technologyfederal government academy sulejaBsc Aeronautics engineering, Bsc Aeronautics engineering at Shenyang Institute of Aeronautical Engineering
Chinese, Arabic
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Github Skills (37)
forloop9
jquery8
flutterwave8
html-parsing7
react6
smack6
api5
nodejs-api5
go-api5
javascript5
netflix4
css-selectors4
golang4
php4
php-library4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
TEDxAmsterdam/Frontend
Apr 2016 - Apr 2016
Contributions:7 commits, 1 PR, 3 comments in 1 day
reactjsreactfrontendreactjs-frontend
PayWC/PayWithCapture-PHP
Jul 2016 - Aug 2016
Contributions:86 PRs, 85 pushes, 3 branches in 1 month
phppaymentconsume
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