Product Design Lead by day, community builder always. I'm based in Lagos, Nigeria, and I spend my time at the intersection of design, technology, and people.
🎨 Design — I lead the product design team at Big Cabal Media, where we design across TechCabal, Zikoko, and other digital media brands reaching millions across Africa. I think in systems — design tokens, component libraries, multi-brand architectures.
🤝 Community — I'm a founding member of Àṣà Coterie, a selective multidisciplinary design community I've helped build and lead since 2018. We run education programmes, knowledge-sharing sessions, and IRL events — growing designers across experience levels.
🛠️ Building — Co-founding Kini AI, an AI upskilling company helping African individuals and organisations build AI skills — and building solutions to match.
Community building is core to how I work. Over the past 7+ years with Àṣà Coterie, I've:
- Designed onboarding systems and managed community operations across 7+ platforms
- Led the Education and Community teams, creating initiatives like Àṣà Sessions and Talking Design With (TDw)
- Organized recurring events including Evening Breeze meetups
- Represented the community at Google DevFest Lagos, Community Managers Fest, and more
- Built partnerships with aligned organizations to expand reach and shared value
Figma Design Systems Next.js Supabase TypeScript Markdown Git ClickUp Slack Google Workspace
- AI-assisted design workflows and LLM integrations (Figma MCP + Claude Code)
- The bridge between product design and AI/LLM engineering
- How communities can be a vehicle for real-world impact — and why everyone should be part of one
- Visual/graphics journalism (Reuters, WSJ, NYT-style storytelling)
- 🌍 Lagos, Nigeria
- 🐦 X / Twitter
I believe the best products and communities are built by generalists who care deeply about people.