Ep 73 -The Launch of Javelin a platform connecting black professionals to jobs through AI ft Kike Oniwinde Agoro Founder, BYP

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/