I will be shining the spotlight on entrepreneurs who have built a successful business and career by impacting the society and world at large

Today, the spotlight is on Akin Alabi, a business strategist, lawmaker, investor, philanthropist, speaker and author

Akin Alabi started his business career in 2003 writing and selling books, manuals and other information products. He proceeded to launching his own seminar and training company specializing in teaching and consulting for other young people starting their own small businesses. He also started publishing a business opportunity newspaper titled INCOME (now rested)

He has gone on to build many other businesses from scratch, one of them being NairaBET, Nigeria's first online sports betting portal, with outlets across Nigeria. He got the idea for NairaBET when he visited the United Kingdom and went to a sports betting shop. He created an information manual about it and sold online. The success of the product prompted him to start his own online sports betting platform in Nigeria. NairaBET has its headquarters in Lagos with its nationwide operation regulated by the National Lottery Regulatory Commission. He pioneered Nigeria’s Multi Billion Naira sports betting industry in 2009

He is also the founder of Akin Alabi Foundation, a non-governmental, not for profit outfit, aimed at improving the well being of the average Nigerian. With the motto, touching lives one person at a time, the foundation has successfully implemented projects like building and donating classrooms to primary schools, sinking of bore holes in areas where there is scarcity of water, financial empowerment of widows, free business and vocational training for youths and lots more

Thank you for your impact Mr Akin Alabi