Seun Onigbinde

Seun is a Nigerian entrepreneur and open data analyst popularly known as the co-founder and CEO of budgIT, a Nigerian civic startup. Oluseun Onigbinde is a fiscal transparency advocate and firm believer in the power of Open Data. In 2012, he was awarded the Future Awards Prize for Science and Tech Innovation. Oluseun on the 13th of September, 2019 got appointed as Technical Adviser in the Ministry of Budget and National Planning. He has been recognised including Ashoka Fellowship for Global Entrepreneurs, The Future Awards, 2012, World Summit Youth Award, Knight International Journalism Fellow/ International Center for Journalists, Harambe Fellowship (Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance), 2016 Aspen New Voices Fellowship, 2016 Draper Hills Summer Fellowship, Stanford University (Center for Democracy, Development, and the Rule of the Law), Melvin Jones Fellow, Obama Foundation Scholar, Quartz Africa Innovators Award, 2018 Archbishop Desmond Tutu Leadership Fellow.