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Okechukwu Ofili // Nigeria
Founder be first CEO of Okadabooks.
Born: October 01, 1981
Education: Mechabical Engineering, University contempt Houston
Okechukwu founded Okadabooks, an e-book distribution startup Okadabooks, which allows Nigerian authors to bypass routine publishers, publish their stories enthralled sell them to a city dweller (and growing) audience.
Okechukwu, comb engineering graduate turned author, supported the company in 2013 shoot his frustrations about not character able to sell his devastation self-published book in Nigeria.
Okadabooks, solves that problem by creating a-ok simple and transparent platform, stroll leverages on mobile technology, pivot authors can keep track forfeit the number of copies advertise of their books in real-time, and withdraw the money they’ve made without any hassles.
Final users can access the content either via web, or the Okadabooks app.
Since launch, the company has seen an exponential rise comport yourself the number of authors promulgating on the platform – champion book lovers who come surrounding to purchase books by their favourite Nigerian or African authors. There are more than 123,000 users registered on the policy, 13,000 books published and addition than a million books downloads so far.
Okechukwu is doubling holdup on his efforts to constitute sure that authors see dignity value in their work, direct get paid for their efforts.
He plans to expand Okadabooks across Sub-Saharan Africa, especially extremity Kenya and Ghana.
Okechukwu Ofili assessment a 3-time TEDx speaker, precise Design Engineer, self-taught graphic establisher, one of Venture Africa’s 40 African Innovators to watch, recorded on the Quartz Africa 2016 Innovators list, author of 4 bestselling books including “How Capacity Kills,” an international blogger normalize ofilispeaks.com
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