Ayodeji Balogun

Not to be confused with Wizkid.

Ayodeji Balogun (born Ayodeji Olaleye Balogun in 1983) is a Nigerian entrepreneur, commodity trader and CEO of AFEX,^[1] Nigeria's first private sector commodities exchange, and tech-enabled Agriculture Company.^[2][3] He is a Board of Trustees of The Association of Security Exchange in Nigeria and serves on the board of Capital Market Development Fund.^[4]

Ayodeji Balogun
Balogun in 2021
Born	Ayodeji Olaleye Balogun 1983 (age 41–42) Lagos, Nigeria
Education	MBA, Lagos Business School. Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Mechanical Engineering , Lagos State University.
Occupation(s)	Business Executive, Entrepreneur
Known for	Chief Executive Officer of AFEX
Spouse	Oluwakemi Balogun

Education

Balogun was born in Ijebu-ode, Ogun state, Nigeria.^[5] He holds a diploma in Heavy Equipment Engineering from Penn Foster University, Scranton and (B.Eng.) in Mechanical Engineering from the Lagos State University.^[6] He furthered his education at Lagos Business School, where he earned an MBA and IESE Business School, Spain.^[7]

Career

Balogun began his career as an analyst with Unilever Nigeria Plc and later became an associate at Doreo Partners where he contributed to the development of Nigeria’s Agriculture Transformation Plan in 2011. He was the Regional Director, Africa Exchange Holdings for West Africa and then became the Country Manager for AFEX Commodities Exchange Limited (AFEX) in July 2014.^[8] He was appointed CEO of AFEX in December 2019.

Personal life

Balogun is married to physician Oluwakemi Balogun, and they have two children.^[9]