Olumide Usman Ogunlana

Olumide Usman Ogunlana is the co-founder of PrepClass, an online platform that connects learners to vetted tutors for physical and practical exchange of knowledge. PrepClass helps improve the overall academic performance of learners while providing lucrative means of income for tutors, and was featured on Fast Company as one the most innovative startups in Africa in 2015. Recently, PrepClass received a $322,000 grant from the GSM Association to scale the connection between learners and tutors via mobile. In 2013, Olumide Usman Ogunlana graduated from the department of Electrical Engineering as Salutatorian, and felt he could do more to assist other learners. At first, he started tutoring learners by himself but he soon learnt the need to build something more robust in order to scale up. Today, PrepClass is active in 3 major Nigerian cities and has earned tutors over 80 million Naira while improving the learning outcomes by above 70%. Mr. Olumide was recently featured on Forbes 30 under 30 entrepreneurs to watch out for in 2016.