Tunde Kehinde

Tunde Kehinde is a seasoned emerging markets entrepreneur. He was the co-founder of Jumia Nigeria, Africa’s first unicorn (publicly listed on the NYSE) and Africa Courier Express, Nigeria’s leading last-mile eCommerce delivery company. Most recently, Tunde co-founded digital SME lender Lidya in 2016 with Ercin Eksin. Lidya uses AI to lend online to small business entrepreneurs in fast-growing economies, and is on a mission to create 100 million jobs worldwide. Lidya has current operations in Lagos, Warsaw and Prague, and ambitious international expansion plans, with a next focus on further European markets. Tunde has prior experience as a business development executive with Diageo in London and as an investment banking professional with Wachovia Securities. Tunde holds a degree in Finance with honours from Howard University and an MBA Harvard Business School.