Joel Ogunsola

Biography

Joel Ogunsola has strong passion for sustainable development, technology and social entrepreneurship.
Professionally he serves as the founder/managing partner for Prunedge an enterprise technology solutions provider based out of Nigeria. Prior to him co-founding Prunedge he was the Microsoft Education Technical Advisor for Microsoft Nigeria where he worked for two years.

He is the curator for TEDxAkure, an independently organized TED events. He also co-founded Ng HackerSpace, an open source hardware development community. As Microsoft Student Partner, he was one of the organizers of the Maker Faire Africa, Lagos, 2012 event, the first Maker Space event in Africa.

A graduate of Mechanical Engineering from the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Joel founded Tech4Dev - a technology non-profit organization that seeks to create proactive and reactive solutions to the world’s greatest problems, with primary focus on public health, education & Civic engagement.

He also most recently based on his passion for development across the African continent, founded a non-profit – Emerging Communities TechUp initiative; focused on helping to grow intentionally the technology ecosystem within emerging underserved communities across Africa, through a multi-dimensional approach.