Microsoft Alumnus and Prunedge Founder, Joel Ogunsola bags 2022 African Young Leadership Award
Industry: Technology
Joel Ogunsola was awarded at the 2022 Royal African Young Leadership Forum Awards in recognition of His outstanding economic contributions in Africa through Prunedge.
New York, NY (PRUnderground) July 8th, 2022
Joel Ogunsola, a Microsoft Alumnus and CEO, Prunedge Development Technologies, was one of the 100 awardees of the 2022 Royal African Young Leadership Forum (RAYFL) Awards in recognition of Joel’s outstanding economic contributions in Africa through Prunedge.
The RAYFL Awards is an initiative of the Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II, the Arole Oduduwa and Ooni of Ife and the grand patron, President Goodluck Jonathan GCFR. It aims to foster the development of visionary leaders who can rewrite Africa’s history, construct its present and prepare for the future.
As a multipurpose vehicle for change, the award will help uncover Africa’s rich human capital resources, as well as identify, cultivate and embrace a new generation of patriotic leaders with a modern worldview who want to influence and shape the continent’s economic narrative to reach its enviable destination, as originally envisioned by our forefathers.
Joel is a visionary leader who is committed to deepening the impact of technology as a tool for improving day to day life experiences and efficiency of Private and Public sector Enterprise organizations across Africa. With the help of the team at prunedge, Joel aims to build Africa’s most valuable enterprise solution technology company by 2030.
When asked how he felt about the award, he said: “I’m delighted to receive this prestigious award as it is a testament to the good work, we do at Prunedge and the impact we’ve achieved in solving problems especially with improving citizens access to better government services through digitization of government processes across Africa. This awards serves as a pat on the back and it is a much welcomed validation that we are on the right path.
The Ooni of Ife monarch urged the recipients of the awards to continue to live an impact-driven life that adds value to society so that the honorees can serve as role models to other youths.
Other top Nigerians awarded included Edvant Edge Africa CEO, Louis Adekola, Red Media CEO, Adebola Williams, Sycamore CEO, Babatunde Akin Moses, BUA Group Head of Corporate Communications, O’tega Ogra.
About Joel Ogunsola
Joel Ogunsola is a partner and CEO at Prunedge Development Technologies Ltd (DBA Prunedge). Prunedge is an enterprise technology solutions company focused on delivering software, data and AI, cybersecurity, and IoT solutions for enterprise organizations across Africa.