Idris Bello

United States

Global Health Science (MSc), 2012
Kellogg College, Oxford

Funding: Arcadia

Originally from Nigeria, Idris is an ‘Afropreneur’, award-winning strategist and global thought leader with far-reaching and diverse experience in technology, strategic planning, and project management in different sectors (energy, healthcare, education, consumer goods, NGOs, government). He is committed to supporting social enterprises that can transform the lives of those on the African continent through an innovation platform which he co-founded called The Wennovation Hub.

Idris completed his MSc Global Health Science, in 2012 as a WHT Scholar. He has a BSc in Computer Engineering from Obafemi Awolowo University, (2002), an MSc in Computer Science (2005) from the University of Houston and an MBA (2011) from Rice University in Texas. 

Idris is a Founding Partner at LoftyInc Capital, one of Africa's leading venture capital firms and is consistently ranked among Africa's top investors for the last three years. Invested over $25m into 151 African early-stage technology startups including three of Africa's seven unicorns.

Idris is based in Lagos, Nigeria.