SMEFUNDS a non Profit organization set up to create alternative source of finance for SMEs in Africa through a direct-match "adoption" where corporate organizations, individual or groups could provide the needed entrepreneurs founds on our website backed by a team of experienced entrepreneurs and MFIs, we guarantee a maximum social return on your investment. Meet our management team;

Femi Oye,atm Co Founder/VP Operations

Femi Oye, Co founder of SMEfunds began a research in poverty alleviation through enterprise development for SMEs. His experience span through transforming enterprise based ideas to solving economic problems. Led various capacity development programmes that have created thousand of jobs and small business for young people across Nigeria, Benin republic, Nairobi, Ghana and Cameroon.

Oye, the president of the MicrofinanceAfrica, the only specialized publication focusing on the activities around the microfinance sector in Africa; have also formed partnership with SMEDAN, Microsoft, Cisco, NITDA, British council, SPDC and many stakeholders in entrepreneurship development. Among other things, Femi was responsible for the establishment of ACADedu, an online education scholarship programme for scholars. Oye pioneered the deployment of e-learning enterprise in Nigerian secondary schools in 2006 with technical support by Virtual Workspace, UK, and a foremost e-learning enterprise solution provider in Europe (Nord Anglia Corporation). 

In 2007, received a license from the Federal Ministry of Education, Nigeria to establish an Innovative Business Institute with yearly admission of 6,000 students; an institute that have received a global stance at developing informed entrepreneurs that foster growth and national development in the labour market of Nigerian economy. Femi, a business coach at Innerveil Business institute championed the charter process of Toastmasters International, Nigeria a world-class organization into developing public speakers and tailored communication skills. Chartered four (4) clubs in 6 months with growing member of over 2000.

2007 & 2008 saw the establishment of Disney Treasures Club, Nigeria; a social business organization with over 50,000 memberships in 10 months. DTC Nigeria continues to pioneered social entrepreneurship in Nigeria, teaching and developing entrepreneurs by attracting social investors.

In 2008, after spending two years living, working and travelling around Africa, Europe and Asia, Oye Signed agreement with Koolatron, Canada to distribute an environmentally friendly mosquito trap & repellent products across the coast of Africa and Middle East.

Oye the Project Director of the popular Nigeriedu.com project and founder of Nigeria Education Expo & Exhibition has a Masters in Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Management from KTH University, Sweden. A graduate of Engineering started a career with Schlumberger Nigeria. Femi Oye is passionate about creating a poverty free world by investing his life and leverages on promoting his social course, "Adopt a Small Business".

Kaycee Kennedy - Co Founder/VP Partnership

Kaycee, the Chief Executive officer of Virtual Exchange and founder many other successful enterprises. A real estate genius and an astute corporate PR/marketing consultant.

Stella Emmanuel - VP Finance/Administration

Still counting more years at the corporate ladder, Stella's experiences span through banking and auditing and product development for corporate organizations across Africa and Nigeria.

Rotimi Kehinde - VP International Cooperation

Rotimi is an extensively experienced and goal-oriented creative consulting expert with a demonstrated track record of leading the preparation, and implementation of business development initiatives, community development schemes, youth empowerment schemes and entertainment outreaches such as talk shows, concerts, dances and dramas as well as developing websites and executing marketing campaigns.

Rotimi is the Chief Executive Director of Godkulture, a global organization he founded in 2001, which builds creative platforms to engage and empower individuals, organizations and businesses through an integration of creative expression and art. Godkulture has become a global network of creative professionals across Canada, the United States, United Kingdom and Nigeria. The business solutions department of Godkulture provides services such as business development, identity management, research, and strategy execution to clients in the United States and Nigeria.

As a business man as well as public speaker, Rotimi is extremely devoted to ‘thinking-outside-the-box’ expressed via design, creative communications, advertising and public relations. Rotimi exhibits proven expertise driven towards enterprise efficiency, productivity and customer loyalty through branding, strategy and creative marketing.

Rotimi devotes quality time to writing and directing dramas which are used to mobilize, educate and empower young people. In 2007, Rotimi’s heart went out to people living with HIV/AIDS and that was the birth of the RED RIBBON OPEN MAGAZINE® which he founded and started campaigning actively to raise awareness about healthy lifestyles and attitudes as related to sexual activity.

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You are able to provide a small loan to an illiterate, extremely poor woman with a late husband, no loan history and nothing of economic value to her name, children are dropped out of school …

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