Oluseun Onigbinde

Early life

Oluseun was born in Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria. He was raised a Baptist in Ibadan, attending Agodi Baptist Church. His family later mvoed to Christ Apostolic Church, Agbala Itura, where they attend till date. He had his primary and secondary school education in Ibadan. The prestigious Loyola College, Ibadan where he excelled in the sciences. He scored nine distinctions in his West African Examinations Council’s exam, earning the best result of the 2001 set.

Educational background

Oluseun attended the University of Agriculture, Abeokuta where he obtained a bachelor of engineering (B.Eng.) in Electrical/Electronics Engineering and the Stanford university graduate school of business where he completed the executive program in social entrepreneurship.

Career

Before BudgIT, Seun had always wanted to work in the financial industry. For NYSC, he was posted to Benin City where he got a job at Access bank. He later joined First Bank for a period of three and half years. It was while he was working at First Bank that he got the idea for BudgIT. According to him, his interest in banking was from the strategy angle, a space where he could contribute his ideas.

BudgIT

In 2011, Oluseun Onigbinde and Joseph Agunbiade formed a team during a hackathon held at the Co-Creation Hub. It was here that he came up with the idea for a need to publicize government spending to the general public, leading to the startup BudgIT. In 2014, the Omidyar Network invested $400,000 in BudgIT; this has always been listed on their website. In June 2015, the Kaduna State government under the administration of Mallam El-Rufai, signed BudgIT to build Open Budget mobile portal similar to the Buharimeter; a platform which was bulit by BudgIT for Center for Democracy and Development to hold President Buhari accountable for his campaign promises. In January 2017, BudgIT raised an additional $3 million grant from Omidyar Network and Gates Foundation. In February 2016, Oluseun Onigbinde was honoured to make a presentation the Chatham House under the African Project on issue of accountability and governance.

Data journalism

Onigbinde has always been a big believer in data-driven journalism and partcipated a health journalism project as part of the Knight Innovation Fellowship of the International Center for Journalists. In 2014, BudgIT launched Tracka, a project tracking tool.

Awards and recognitions

Videos

1. Where do Tech Ideas Come From?: Seun Onigbinde at TEDxIfe ...
2. Seun Onigbinde Ask Questions - YouTube
3. Happiness of life | Oluseun Onigbinde | TEDxAkure - YouTube
4. Video: Nigeria's revenue drop by 40% - CNBC Africa
5. Cost of Corruption Opening Remark by Seun Onigbinde - YouTube
6. Business Morning: Is Nigeria Running Broke? 07/05/15 - YouTube
7. Business Nigeria with Seun Onigbide on Domestic Debt - YouTube
8. OLUSEUN ONIGBINDE: CIVIC TOOLS IN NIGERIA - YouTube
9. Video: Sustaining Nigeria's public debt - CNBC Africa
10. Video: Nigeria's budget 2016 decreases - CNBC Africa
11. Video: The economy of Nigeria's States - CNBC Africa
12. Video: Nigerian States seek another bailout - CNBC Africa
13. Office Of The Nigerian Citizen| Seriously Speaking. - YouTube
14. THE NIGERIAN BUDGET (A REVIEW BY YOURBUDGIT.COM ...
15. Video: Nigerian President Buhari withdraws budget to correct errors ...
16. BudgIT.Co Pitch to ALN - YouTube
17. Business Morning: Decisions Buhari, NASS, Governors Face 07/05/15 ...
18. Digits - Budgit - YouTube
19. Sam Adeyemi, Oby Ezekwesili, Abike Dabiri others celebrate Chude ...
20. Accountable Governance - YouTube (Cost of corruption Opening remark by Seun Onigbinde)
21. PSVW 2011Award - YouTube (Cost of corruption Opening remark by Seun Onigbinde)
22. Office Of The Nigerian Citizen| Seriously Speaking. - GulluTube
23. VPS Agege J4A Programme In collaboration with CLEEN Foundation ...