Resume · Professional record

A professional record.

A record of the roles, programmes, and institutions that have shaped a decade of building across Africa — from programme operations and entrepreneurship support to conservation, technology, and writing.

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01 — Experience

Where the work happened.

Roles across programme design, entrepreneurship, conservation, and studio work — ordered newest first.

  1. 2023 — Present

    Lagos, Nigeria

    Programme Lead · BiD Capital Partners

    • Designed and ran capital-readiness programmes for early-stage founders across West Africa.
    • Built internal operating systems and dashboards to track cohort progress and portfolio outcomes.
    • Partnered with DFIs and family offices to structure follow-on investment pathways.

  2. 2021 — Present

    Remote

    Founder · BuildWithORI

    • Founded a systems-and-storytelling studio helping mission-driven teams operationalise their ideas.
    • Shipped tools, playbooks, and programmes now used by operators across 8+ African countries.

  3. 2020 — 2022

    Kigali, Rwanda

    Programme Consultant · ALU School of Wildlife Conservation

    • Co-designed the applied-learning arm of a pan-African conservation leadership programme.
    • Built partnerships with parks, NGOs, and government units to place fellows in real conservation ops.

  4. 2018 — 2020

    Lagos, Nigeria

    Programme Designer · Startup Builder 360

    • Led curriculum and delivery for founder-development cohorts across Nigeria and Ghana.
    • Trained 400+ founders; portfolio raised follow-on funding from local and international investors.

02 — Skills

A working vocabulary.

Not a checklist — the tools, methods, and disciplines actively used across recent work.

Programme operations

  • Programme design
  • Cohort delivery
  • Operating systems
  • Impact measurement
  • Curriculum development

Entrepreneurship & ecosystem building

  • Founder coaching
  • Investment readiness
  • Capital structuring
  • Ecosystem partnerships

Conservation & applied learning

  • Field programme design
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Applied research
  • Fellowship models

Technology & tools

  • Product thinking
  • Notion / Airtable systems
  • Automation (Zapier, n8n)
  • Prompt engineering
  • TypeScript & React (working)

Writing & communication

  • Long-form essays
  • Editorial strategy
  • Talks & facilitation
  • Newsletter craft

03 — Education & certifications

Where the training happened.

Get in touch

For roles, collaborations, or a longer conversation —

oluwapelumi.d.samuel@gmail.com