Kola Aina

Olamide Diekola Aina (born 6 December 1982) is a serial entrepreneur and Nigerian Investor. He is the founder of Ventures Platform and the Chief Executive Officer of Emerging platforms group. He also serves as the current Co-Chair on the ICT Sub- Committee, under the joint leadership of the Nigeria Economic Summit Group and the Job Creation Unit of the President of Nigeria.
Education
Aina has Bachelor of science in Electronics Engineering Technology from Savannah State University, Georgia. He went on to pursue an MBA with speciality in Finance from Bowling Green State University, Ohio. He also undergone advance studies at the Lagos Business School and Harvard Business School respectively.
Personal life and family
Aina is the first son to the family of Chief Oludaisi and Omotayo Aina who hails from Boluwaduro Local Government Area of Osun State.
He is a Christian, married to Chisom Aina and they have two children.
Philosophy
Aina promotes the concept of "Glocalization" as it relates to the adoption of technology for the advancement of education in Nigeria. He stated that the lack of local adaptation is a major part of reasons why a lot of what we try to do with technology does not necessarily deliver the outcomes that we desire.
Career
Aina started out his career as a Financial Analyst at Fifth Third Bank in Ohio, USA. After which he returned to Nigeria to join Regent Group as a Manager. He worked for two years and also served as the Acting CEO when the CEO transited into retirement. He went on to co-found a Technology consulting company, Emerging Platforms Limited, his partner serving as the Chief Technology Officer. He remains the Chief Executive Officer of Emerging Platforms Ltd, a suite of specialised technology solutions company.
He is a member of the Nigeria Economic Summit Group, Nigeria Computer Society, and he enjoys mentoring budding entrepreneurs. He speaks at Business, Tech and Start-Up related conferences.
Ventures Platform
In 2016, Ainaco-founded Ventures Platform, an Africa focused and Abuja based startup accelerator with the vision to become the ideal community in Africa for nurturing innovative and financially sustainable ventures that leverage technology and also have a social impact.
In 2017, after hosting its first demo day, Aina announced a restructuring and a need to grow the company's workforce.

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