Otunba Akin Alabi
| Otunba Akin Alabi | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Akin Alabi 31 March 1977 Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur, politician, philanthropist. |
| Website |
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Otunba Akin Alabi (born 31 March 1977) is a Nigerian politician, entrepreneur,[1] and philanthropist.
Early life
Born in Ibadan, Ọyọ State, Nigeria, to Chief and Mrs. Adediran Alabi, Akin had his primary education at command children school, Ibadan and secondary school education at Federal Government College Enugu. He proceeded to the Polytechnic Ibadan where he obtained his Higher National Diploma in Business Administration. His desire for more knowledge has led him to obtain professional certificate courses in business, marketing and management in glamorous institutions worldwide. He holds a certificate in Intellectual Property Strategy from Harvard University, Boston, USA.[2]
Business career
Akin Alabi started his business career in 2003 writing and selling books. He proceeded to launching his own seminar and training company specializing in teaching and consulting for other young people starting their own small businesses. He also started publishing a business opportunity newspaper titled INCOME which has become a bible for small business owners. To add to his publishing enterprise, Akin launched, World Soccer News, a weekly sports newspaper.
Akin Alabi has gone on to build many other businesses from scratch; one of them being NairaBET, Nigeria's first online sports betting portal, with outlets across Nigeria.[3] Nairabet.com has its headquarters in Lagos and is licensed by the Lagos state lotteries board. In 2015 he entered into a business partnership with Colossusbets a company owned by Zeljko Ranogajec.
Akin Alabi is the founder of Over The Top Entertainment; an entertainment company which manages award winning pop duo of SKUKI. The company also boasts of state of the art recording and rehearsal studio among others.[4]
Philanthropic work
Akin Alabi is heavily involved in philanthropic works. He is the founder of Akin Alabi Foundation, a non-governmental, not for profit outfit, aimed at improving the well being of the average Nigerian.[5] With the motto, touching lives one person at a time, the foundation has successfully implemented projects like building and donating classrooms to primary schools, sinking of bore holes in areas where there is scarcity of water, financial empowerment of widows, free business and vocational trainings for youths and lots more.
Recognizing all his good work, Akin Alabi was honoured with the chieftancy title of Otunba Atunlushe of Igbole Ekiti by the Olugbole of Igbole Ekiti, HRM Oba Emmanuel.O. Ajayi Adetiloye II.
Political career
Akin Alabi is a member of the People's Democratic Party (Nigeria) and contested for a seat in the federal house of representatives on 28 March 2015. He hoped to represent Egbeda/Ona Ara federal constuency in Oyo State but lost to the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).[6][7]
Personal life
Akin Alabi is married to Oluwadamilare and they are blessed with two children, a boy and a girl, Oluwalayomi and Ireoluwa.
References
- ↑ "Top Ten (10) Internet Entrepreneurs in Nigeria". Leadershub. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
- ↑ "Back to school | Welcome To Akin Alabi's Blog". Akinalabi.com. 2014-06-06. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
- ↑ "NairaBet.com". NairaBet.com. 2015-02-04. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
- ↑ "Reminisce and Skuki Thrilled Fans at Nairabet.com Mega Outlet Store Opening in Abeokuta". Gistyinka.net. 2014-01-20. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/20141216190644/http://akinalabifoundation.org/. Archived from the original on December 16, 2014. Retrieved March 8, 2015. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "Akin Alabi Joins Politics - Politics - Nigeria". Nairaland.com. 2014-10-19. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
- ↑ "Akin Alabi, Receives His Nomination Ticket for His Political Ambitions". Gistyinka.net. 2014-11-03. Retrieved 2015-03-08.