Maya Horgan Famodu

Maya Horgan Famodu is a Nigerian-American entrepreneur, founder and partner at Ingressive, a firm that provides market entry, technology research and market operations services for firms and businesses expanding into Africa. She also founded Ingressive Capital, a venture capital fund investing in Africa-based technology companies.[1][2] She co-founded the High Growth Africa Summit, a two-day conference on how to launch a high growth African business, and founded Tech Meets Entertainment Summit, a deal-focused event for African celebrities and tech companies to build revenue-generating partnerships.[3][4]

Maya Horgan Famodu
in 2018
Born (1991-03-24) March 24, 1991
CitizenshipNigerian
American
EducationPomona College
Cornell University
OccupationEntrepreneur

Early life and education

Maya Horgan Famodu is from a Nigerian father and an American mother. She spent most of her youth in Minnesota, United States. She attended Pomona College and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in environmental sciences and completed a Prelaw Program at Cornell University.[5]

Career

After her graduation from school, Horgan Famodu worked at JPMorgan Chase, before starting Ingressive in 2014 and Ingressive Capital in 2017. She started Ingressive Capital as a result of challenges faced by her friends in getting financial support for their businesses.[6] Ingressive Campus Ambassador (ICA) program is another initiative of Ingressive in tertiary institutions within Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, South Africa, Rwanda and Congo that provides funding, resources and mentorship to computer science students. The program has hubs in the University of Port Harcourt, University of Uyo, Kwara State Polytechnic, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Babcock University, Rivers State University, Cross River University of Technology, Federal University of Petroleum Resources Effurun, University of Benin and was launched in Ghana in 2018.[7] In 2016, she co-founded High Growth Africa Summit, a two-day conference on how to launch, scale and fund a high growth African business.[8][9]

Awards and recognition

Maya Horgan Famodu appeared on the Forbes Africa 30 Under 30 in 2018 in the technology category.[10][11]

Personal life

Maya loves to ride her motorcycle, travel, dancing and choreography. She was a blogger with the Huffington Post from 2012 to 2015.[12]

References
  1. Onyinye, Yvonne (9 October 2018). "Maya Horgan Famodu: On Self-Care And Courage". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  2. Udodiong, Inemesit (27 March 2019). "Meet the 10 inspiring women ruling Nigeria's tech ecosystem". Pulse. Business Insider. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  3. "Maya Horgan Famodu: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2019-04-25.
  4. Bella Naija. "Venture Investor Maya Horgan Famodu of Ingressive is our #BellaNaijaWCW this Week". bellanaija.com. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  5. Orioha, Lucky (2 February 2016). "Maya driving her passion to help small businesses". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  6. Orioha, Lucky (2 February 2016). "Maya driving her passion to help small businesses". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  7. "Maya Horgan Famodu". World Bank Live. 2019-04-13. Retrieved 2019-04-25.
  8. Bellanaija.com (18 October 2017). "Growth Africa Summit 2017? Here's how to Win a Free VIP Ticket". Bella Naija. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  9. Jackson, Tom (31 August 2016). "High Growth Africa Summit set for Lagos". disruptafrica.com. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  10. Forbes Africa (4 June 2018). "Under 30 Technology". Forbes Africa. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  11. "Maya Horgan Famodu". World Bank Live. 13 April 2019.
  12. Orioha, Lucky (2 February 2016). "Maya driving her passion to help small businesses". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
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