Uche as a young boy was ambitious and studious, he read a lot and became inspired by the story of a young German boy who was into business, he wanted to become a business tycoon. The need to survive led him into trying a lot of things by acquiring different skill sets, doing odd jobs and later the formation of his company. He has worked on various projects and ideas, he advises that we think beyond survival and build products that can scale beyond our immediate environment.
Heis the founder & CEO of Havilah & Hills - a marketing communication and software development agency based in Port Harcourt. Some of Havilah & Hills products and companies include Biztorials.com, SpotVue, 1Suite Accounting and Venuehero.co - a venue booking portal with over 5000 venues across Nigeria for event organizers.
He’s arguably the foremost advocate for Startup/Entrepreneurship Ecosystem development in the South-South/South-East through #Startup South - helping to raise over $400,000 for founders in the region in the last four years.
#StartupSouth has a mission to educate, connect and attract support/investment to teams in the two geo-political regions.
He believes that Nigeria will realize her potential when young people across Nigeria are meaningfully engaged through high scale Entrepreneurship.
He’s a director at SSE Angel Network - a group of professionals mentoring and investing in founders/startups living in/operating out of the south-south/ south-east of Nigeria. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at
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