OGBEIDE Amu
For more than two decades, my work has revolved around EdTech, Corporate Trainings, SME Development, Multimedia Productions, and Government Relations, among others. For the first 12 years, I worked within the banking sector notably with Citigroup, Stanbic Bank, Skye Bank and United Bank for Africa.

I am the founder and CEO of Sapphital Learning, Africa’s fastest growing Education and Digital Learning company. (www.sapphital.com). We offer Learning Platforms, and we convert educational contents to eLearning and Digital Formats. Local and International Organizations use our platform to power their Online Academies.
With Sapphital, we offer local and international organizations, schools, Universities a platform to digitalize their learning processes.
Graduated with a 1st Class Degree in Accounting from the University of Benin (2000), in Nigeria and an MSc in Finance and Management from Cranfield University in the UK (2009). I have attended short courses in Harvard University (Innovation and Strategy-2015), The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and the London School of Film Media and TV (Film Making 2014), I am a Chartered Accountant, Project Management Professional (PMP-2007) and Certified Business Process Professional (CBPP-2012), amongst several others.
Today, with Sapphital, I am honored to have worked with local and international organizations to launch more than 10 Academies for the country including the SME Digital Academy (www.smedigtialacademy.com), the Nigerian Export Academy (www.nigerianexportacademy.com), and an Online Learning Platform for African Youths called Youtherium. (www.youtherium.com). I have employed and hundreds of young people in Nigeria. My long-term goal is to educate and empower ten millions people in Arica with Practical Skills to get jobs, create businesses, and lift themselves and their families out of poverty, and doing this in a sustainable manner for me and my partners. I also believe in the power of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) as the engine economic growth, which has become a major focus for me.
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