Dele Bakare
Born
Oladele Ibukun Bakare

(1989-02-08) 8 February 1989
NationalityNigerian,
Alma materAnglia Ruskin University,
Occupations
  • software developer
  • entrepreneur
Websitewww.findworka.com

Dele Bakare (born Oladele Ibukun Bakare 8 February 1989) is a Nigerian software developer and entrepreneur from Ibadan, Oyo State in Nigeria. He is the founder and CEO of Findworka, a Nigerian startup that hires software developers and builds custom software products. He formerly served as a senior software developer at Infinion Technologies and technology lead at BudgIT.[1] In 2016, he was nominated for the Future Awards Africa Prize for Science and Technology.[2]

Career

Just before obtaining his diploma in software engineering from NIIT,[3] Dele was working as a software developer at Infinion technologies. He left Infinion technologies to co-found Jobs in Nigeria[4] alongside Temitayo Olufuwa. He is currently a fellow of Swiss Africa Business Innovation & Initiative and Founders Gym, an online program that trains underrepresented founders on how to raise money to scale their tech startups.

Findworka

In February 2016,[5] Dele founded Findworka,[6] a company set up to address the gap[7] between the demand and supply of software developers. The company has raised seed investment from Oluseun Onigbinde and the Co-Creation Hub. In 2019, Connect Nigeria listed it as one of the top 5 website for freelancers in Nigeria.[8]

End SARS movement and the #StopRobbingUs campaign

After young software engineer Toni Astro was arrested by police in Lagos, he was one of the tech founders who joined their voice with that of other tech leaders in the Nigerian tech community to condemn widespread police harassment and extortion by the Nigerian police force.[9][10] The other tech leaders who have also condemned the harassment[11] include Bosun Tijani, Jason Njoku, Adetunji Eleso, Adewale Yusuf, Tayo Oviosu, Jessica Hope, Onyeka Akumah, Chinedu Azodoh, Editi Effiong, Damilola Teidi-Ayoola, Femi Longe, Idris Ayodeji Bello, Jay Alabraba, Kola Aina, Shola Akinlade, Gbenga Agboola, Mark Essien, Sim Shagaya, Aanu Adeoye, Tomiwa Aladekomo, Oo Nwoye, Nelson Olaonipekun, Chijioke Dozie to name a few.[12]

Awards and recognitions

In 2016, for his efforts in founding Findworka, Dele Bakare was nominated for the Future Awards prize in science and technology. Other nominees included Shola Akinlade, Olaniran Abiola, Oluyomi Ojo and Andrew Airelobhegbei.

Dele was one of the speakers at Techplus 2019, an annual tech conference that takes place in Lagos. In 2019, the theme was digital sSocial innovation. He was a speaker alongside Hon. Akin Alabi (Naira Bet), Dr Sid, Jackye (BBN), Bolanle Banwo (The Female Designer Movement), Karounwi Anuoluwapo (Yorlang), Babs Ogundeyi,[13] Bukola Akingbade (Kucheza), Debo Odunlana, Dele Bakare, Gabriel Okeowo, Funto Akinbesehin, Lola Esan, Odunayo Eweniyi (Piggyvest), Ola Brown (Flying Doctor), Osagie Alonge (Opay), Samson Ogbole, Tobi Aigbogun and others. The event also featured keynotes from Silas Adekunle, robotics engineer and Dr. Wendy Okolo, aeronautics engineer at NASA.[14]

References

  1. ↑ "Highlights of BudgIT-Tracka Capacity Building Workshop for CBOs in Kaduna". Tracka Blog. May 4, 2017. Archived from the original on July 4, 2020.
  2. ↑ "And the nominees are... The Future Awards Africa unveils those in the running for Africa's biggest prize for youth..." The future africa. 2016-12-04.
  3. ↑ Emeka, Mazi (October 17, 2016). "#Impact365: Connecting people to job opportunities | How Dele Bakare of findworka makes it happen". Ynaija.
  4. ↑ "JobsInNigeria – A Job Search Engine in Nigeria". CYFI News. 16 January 2014.
  5. ↑ Mulligan, Gabriella (July 4, 2016). "Findworka online marketplace for service providers launches in Lagos". disrupt-africa.
  6. ↑ Bawa, Kelvin (July 11, 2016). "Online freelancing may become the future of work in Nigeria?". punch newspapers.
  7. ↑ Olopade, Oluwarotimi (March 20, 2019). "Are tech talents Africa's 'new export'?". Nairametrics.
  8. ↑ Okoruwa, Samuel (January 29, 2019). "Top 5 websites for freelancers". Connect Nigeria.
  9. ↑ Kehinde, Opeyemi (Oct 1, 2019). "#StopRobbingUs: Tech experts launch campaign against illegal arrests by Police". Daily Trust.
  10. ↑ "Nigerian Tech Community Fights back against SARS". Wimbart. September 30, 2019.
  11. ↑ "Nigerian Tech Community Fights Back Against SARS". Techcabal. September 30, 2019.
  12. ↑ Shapshak, Toby (Oct 3, 2019). "#StopRobbingUs Nigerian Tech Community Tells Its Police". Forbes.
  13. ↑ Ogundeyi, Babs. "Babs Ogundeyi Biography, Net Worth, Age, Kuda bank". Business Profiles by NaijaBuzz300. Retrieved Nov 14, 2020.
  14. ↑ "5 things to know about Techplus 2019's "Digital Social Innovation"". Business insider by Pulse. Nov 11, 2019.
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