About
Investment Associate for Novastar West Africa who previously worked at Uber and Moove, supporting expansion across Africa and beyond, and served as technical advisor to the CEO at fintech MoMo PSB.
Experience
- Novastar VenturesInvestment Associatecurrent2025 — present
- MoMo from MTNSenior Manager, Technical Advisor to The CEO2024 — 2025Lagos State, Nigeria
- MooveStrategy and Partnership Operations Manager, Office of the CEO2021 — 2024
- MooveNew Markets and Solutions Manager2020 — 2021Lagos State, Nigeria
- UberBusiness Development Associate2019 — 2020Sub Saharan Africa
- UberMarketing Coordinator Lead2018 — 2019West Africa
- UberCustomer Relationship Manager2019City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
- UberUber for Business Executive2016 — 2018Lagos, Nigeria
- UberMarketing Coordinator2016 — 2018Lagos, Nigeria
- AccentureInternship2014Lagos, Nigeria
- African Leadership AcademyChief Financial Officer - EmoArt (community service project)2012 — 2013Johannesburg, South Africa
- African Leadership AcademyStudent Ambassador2012 — 2013Johannesburg, South Africa
Education
- University of NottinghamBSc. Economics and International Economics, Economics and International Economics2013 — 2016
- African Leadership AcademyA levels and Leadership Institute2011 — 2013
Skills & more
Data AnalyticsEmail MarketingCopywritingBusiness Process ImprovementProduct DevelopmentMarket ResearchSales OperationsGrowth StrategiesMarketing StrategyCampaign StrategiesNegotiationScrum
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Business DevelopmentSkill DevelopmentProject ManagementProblem SolvingAnalytical SkillsFuture of WorkBusiness PlanningBusiness StrategyMicrosoft OfficePowerPointMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft Word- Marketing, Digital Marketing and Integrated communication — CIM | The Chartered Institute of Marketing
- Professional Scrum Master I — Scrum.org
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Colleagues at Novastar Ventures
Abel Boreto
Investment Director at Novastar Ventures
Andrew Carruthers
Co-founder & Managing Partner at Novastar Ventures
Brian Waswani Odhiambo
Partner at Novastar Ventures
Dayo Oduleye
Investment Associate at Novastar Ventures
Dominic Michel
Investment Director at Novastar Ventures
Dot Beck
Director, Social & Environmental Value at Novastar Ventures
Ebube Emodi
Operations at Novastar Ventures
Joss Carruthers
Director, Talent Development at Novastar Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Dieko Ojo work?
- Dieko Ojo is Investment Associate at Novastar Ventures.
Same school
Also attended University of Nottingham131
Catherine BergersenSenior Executive Assistant at Mayfair Equity PartnersRichard LeeInvestor at MedicxiMillan SuriPrincipal at Episode1Kieran RafterPrincipal at Marlin Equity PartnersTim SchmidtVice President, Fund Finance at Northpond VenturesRohan OzaCo-Founder & Managing Partner at CAVU Consumer Partners
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Also attended African Leadership Academy1
Shared employers
Also worked at MoMo from MTN1
Also worked at Moove6
Also worked at Uber371
Bill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at Benchmark; author of Above the Crowd; BG2 co-hostJason CalacanisFounder of LAUNCH; host of This Week in Startups; All-In co-hostAndrew ChenGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzFrédérique DameInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Nic LowdenInvestor at Moonfire VenturesAnnie KadavyVenture Partner at Redpoint Ventures
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Also worked at Accenture703
Mark SusterManaging Partner at Upfront VenturesViviana FagaGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesJulie YangVice President at InvestcorpAmira OujiVice President of Platform & Portfolio Success, Rise of the Rest at RevolutionAntonio GrifoniAssociate at P101 VenturesWendy XiaoPartner at Northzone
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