Adaeze Okafor
Fractional CDO
Nigeria
TALENT NETWORK
The full bench of design executives.
Tunde Bakare
Fractional CDO
Nigeria · United Kingdom
Zainab Mohammed
VP Design
Nigeria
Kwame Mensah
VP Design
Ghana
Amara Diallo
Head of Design
Senegal
Femi Adeyemi
Head of Design
Nigeria
Nadia Hassan
Fractional CDO
Egypt
Sipho Ndlovu
Head of Design
South Africa
Adaeze Okafor
FRACTIONAL CDO · LAGOS, NIGERIA
FintechDesign opsP&L
Fifteen years across payments and banking. Builds design orgs that defend their budget with numbers.
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Global fintech
Chief Design Officer
Built a 30-person org across 4 markets. Design now reports at board level.
2022 – present
Payments scale-up
VP Design
Took design from 4 to 22. Cut release rework by a third.
2018 – 2022
Design studio
Founder
Ran a 12-person studio serving banks across West Africa.
2012 – 2018
Tunde Bakare
FRACTIONAL CDO · LAGOS / LONDON
MarketplacesResearchHiring
Led design at two unicorns. Specialises in the zero-to-one design leadership install.
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Marketplace unicorn
Head of Design
First design executive. Installed measurement and hiring systems.
2021 – present
Global e-commerce
Design Director
Led 3 product areas and the design platform team.
2017 – 2021
Agency
Creative Lead
Brand and product for consumer startups.
2013 – 2017
Zainab Mohammed
VP DESIGN · ABUJA, NIGERIA
Health techService designGov
Runs design where the stakes are clinical. Service design across digital and physical care.
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Health platform
VP Design
Design leadership across 3 countries and 2 regulators.
2022 – present
Telco
Design Manager
Rebuilt the design system serving 40M subscribers.
2019 – 2022
NGO consortium
Service Designer
Field service design for primary care delivery.
2016 – 2019
Kwame Mensah
VP DESIGN · ACCRA, GHANA
B2B SaaSDesign systemsVelocity
Design systems operator. Makes design output fast, consistent and cheap to maintain.
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B2B SaaS
VP Design
Design velocity doubled; headcount flat.
2021 – present
Banking group
Principal Designer
One design system across 9 country apps.
2018 – 2021
Startup
First designer
Everything from brand to front-end.
2015 – 2018
Amara Diallo
HEAD OF DESIGN · DAKAR, SENEGAL
ConsumerBrandGrowth
Consumer growth designer turned leader. Ties brand work directly to acquisition cost.
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Consumer app
Head of Design
Brand refresh cut CAC 18%.
2022 – present
Media group
Design Lead
Led a 9-person brand and product team.
2019 – 2022
Freelance
Brand Designer
Identity systems for 30+ startups.
2016 – 2019
Femi Adeyemi
HEAD OF DESIGN · LAGOS, NIGERIA
LogisticsOps designData viz
Designs for operators, not just users. Dashboards, dispatch, and the messy middle of logistics.
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Logistics scale-up
Head of Design
Ops tooling design cut dispatch errors 40%.
2021 – present
Ride-hailing
Senior PD
Driver-side experience across 3 markets.
2018 – 2021
Consultancy
Designer
Enterprise data products.
2015 – 2018
Nadia Hassan
FRACTIONAL CDO · CAIRO / REMOTE
EnterpriseTransformationTeams
Enterprise design transformation. Comfortable with procurement, compliance and 200-page RFPs.
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Enterprise software
Design Executive
Design function installed across 5 business units.
2020 – present
Bank
Head of CX
CX measurement adopted at board level.
2016 – 2020
Studio
Design Director
Led delivery for regional financial clients.
2012 – 2016
Sipho Ndlovu
HEAD OF DESIGN · JOHANNESBURG, SA
InsuranceResearchCompliance
Research-led design in regulated industries. Turns compliance constraints into design advantages.
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Insurer
Head of Design
Claims redesign lifted NPS 22 points.
2022 – present
Fintech
Research Lead
Built the research practice from zero.
2019 – 2022
University
Lecturer
Design methods, part-time.
2016 – 2019
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