Nigerian tech expert recognised in UK

African tech leader, Alex Okosi, has been honoured as a member of the UK Power list 2023. Okosi, who is the managing director, Emerging Markets, YouTube EMEA, received the honour for the second year running at the Black Excellence Awards in London. The Power list, in partnership with J.P. Morgan, honours incredible men and women across a wide range of industries including business, science, technology and the arts.

A statement said each year, it recognises and celebrates 100 of Britain’s most influential black people and showcases black role models to young people. Open to Black Britons wherever they live in the world and to anyone in the UK who is black, The Powerlist is regarded as the leading authority on issues of black influence in the UK.

Commenting on The Powerlist, Okosi said, “Growing up first in Nigeria and later in the USA in the mid-1980s, I found black role models were few and far between; I chose my role models from sportspeople and entertainers because those were the only black faces I saw in the media, in films, and on TV.

Nigerian tech expert recognised in UK (punchng.com)

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