Design. Develop. Gym. Sleep. Repeat.
That's all I do.
I studied Mechatronics Engineering at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta. In my second year I tried to become an Android developer. Spent a month just getting Android Studio to install, then a full year stuck in the tutorial loop without shipping a single app. When a friend asked me to build something and I couldn't deliver, I knew that path wasn't working.
I needed income, so I started making whiteboard animation videos on Fiverr. My first gig paid ₦2,920 (about $8). But while learning to make those videos, I installed Illustrator and Photoshop again, and my old love for graphics came back hard. A designer at my school, JayKay, was doing incredible work. Through him I discovered that people designed products for a living. That was the moment everything clicked. I wrote about the full story here.
That was about six years ago. Since then I've designed and shipped products across fintech, healthcare, logistics, and developer tools. I was the founding designer at SIPP (got them into Techstars in 2024) and PHPSandbox. Senior product designer at Autospend. I worked on cross-border payments at Changera back in 2019, before the space got crowded. I also helped Bonadocs, PHPSandbox, and Changera secure grants and funding, over $200K between them.
The funny thing is, I write production code now. React, Next.js, TypeScript. The same guy who couldn't get Android Studio running. I can prototype in Figma in the morning and have it running in the browser by afternoon. Developers don't have to redo my interfaces because I already built them to their constraints. It's not a party trick. It just makes everything faster.
I mentor designers on the side. A few of them have landed their first industry roles, and honestly that keeps me going more than most project launches do.
Right now I'm doing a Master's in Digital Design at Hogeschool van Amsterdam, which has been equal parts humbling and energizing.
I take pictures too. If I ever pull my camera out to take yours, just know, that's my way of telling you you're beautiful.
Past experiences