Meet the founder and CEO of Fibre

Obinna Okwodu is a US-born Nigerian entrepreneur. He is the founder and CEO of Fibre. Fibre is a Nigerian real estate start-up founded in 2016 to provide middle-income tenants flexible payment options for homes around Lagos and other parts of Nigeria.

Obinna is an MIT graduate of engineering with another degree in management science from the Sloan School of Management. He worked as a real estate investment banking analyst at Morgan Stanley, in the United States where he kickstarted his career.

He discovered that renting residential real estates in Lagos, Nigeria could be a serious hassle. As a result, he invested in the business opportunity to offer services to ease the stress experienced by middle-income tenants.

Obinna is a go-getter with a passion for solving problems faced by the society. He was named one of Forbes top 30 under 30 CEOs.