Solomon Elekwa
Ventures Associate
Jos, Plateau State, Canada
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolSolomon Elekwa is a ventures associate and research-driven investor with eight years of experience navigating Africa’s startup ecosystem from research fellowships to active roles at ALX Ventures and Sand Technologies. He blends rigorous analytical research with practical venture investing, having supported deal and market diligence across multiple accelerator and VC programs including Dream VC and African Capital Alliance. Based in Jos with ties to Canada, Solomon couples a formal background in accounting and a postgraduate certificate in technology, management and entrepreneurship to translate data-led insights into investment theses. A lifelong learner and research enthusiast, he focuses on uncovering early signals in nascent markets and building communities—evident from leadership roles in A&A Collective and Nerdsville Code Club. Colleagues describe him as a connector who turns meticulous research into actionable opportunities for founders and investors.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Accounting, Second Class Upper Division: 4.25, Bachelor’s Degree, Accounting, Second Class Upper Division: 4.25 at University of JosPostgraduate Certificate, Technology, Management, Entrepreneurship and Design, Postgraduate Certificate, Technology, Management, Entrepreneurship and Design at Nigerian University of Technology and Management
Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo
Github Skills (1)
hugo5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
JEDiTech/ALX-T-Project-1-TMDb-Movie-Data
Jun 2022 - Oct 2023
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
JEDiTech/JavaLag
Aug 2017 - Aug 2017
Contributions:4 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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