Ep 73 -The Launch of Javelin a platform connecting black professionals to jobs through AI ft Kike Oniwinde Agoro Founder, BYP
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Kike Oniwinde Agoro is the award-winning Founder and CEO of BYP Network, a multi-million pound company focused on advancing the careers of Black professionals around the world. She is a BSc Economics graduate of The University of Nottingham, University of Florida MSc Management scholar, and an ex-Great Britain javelin thrower. She is also the Vice-Chair of the London Chamber of Commerce Black Business Association, she’s on the board of ‘Getting on Boards’ a charity dedicated to diversifying charity boards and she is an alumni of the World Economic Forum Global Shapers.
By just the age of 30 she has received over 100 awards from sports to academics to business and continues to be a trailblazer breaking glass ceilings. She is just one of a few Black female founders to have raised over $1m and was recently chosen by the United States Government as a Young Transatlantic Innovation Leader. Kike is also a Forbes 30 under 30, Maserati Top 100 Most Innovative Founder and a Computer Weekly UK Top 10 woman in Technology.
In this epsisode Alicia and Kike Discuss:
The reality of being a GB athlete
Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
The importance of connecting black professionals
The journey of developing BYP
How the BYP team raised $1M
The launch of Javelin AI platform
See more about Kike here - https://www.kikeoniwinde.com/
See more about BYP here - https://byp.network/
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