Bunmi Otegbade

All action is rooted in identity. Once every individual, institution and community has self-identified as a Changemaker, my work is done.

Bunmi leads strategic institutional partnerships in North America with universities, government, unions and the media, towards a movement that creates an enabling environment for young people to feel, act and thrive as changemakers. Globally, he leads knowledge production for peer networks for movement building.

Prior to Ashoka, Bunmi co-founded Generation Enterprise, then Africa’s first and largest network of business incubators for marginalized youth in five countries and India. He also served as a research scholar at Princeton University’s Innovations for Successful Societies covering political economy, firm incentives and innovation (future-of-work) for low-income countries.

Prior to his entrepreneurial pursuits, Bunmi was a management consultant advising Africa’s largest companies in manufacturing, telecoms and banking across Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo and South Africa. He holds degrees in Electrical & Computer Engineering and Public Policy from Baylor University and Princeton University respectively. He lives in Washington, DC practicing Shudokan karate, browsing vinyl records or enjoying nature.