Emeka Ehinze 🇳🇬
Product Lead at Computer Warehouse Group
About Emeka Ehinze
Product Lead at Computer Warehouse Group
Emeka was a Product Leader at Eko Innovation Center, a platform that focused on supporting businesses leveraging innovation and technology in solving poverty and its symptoms in Africa. He is also the founding product manager at Retailar Technologies, a Retail Startup, Founded in Lagos, Nigeria 2019, where he built the engineering and growth team and scaled the product revenue from $0 to $1 million dollars YOY1. He is also the lead faculty of Eko innovation product school. Furthermore, he started out as a self-taught product manager in his tertiary institution days and has since become involved in several other organizations within Africa’s technology sphere. His expertise in Product management and staunch advocacy for product managers within Africa has earned him roles in several top organizations globally, namely Black Product Managers (San Francisco Bay Area), Product Manager Africa (Lagos, Nigeria) and Product Star Global (Russia). Emeka is also actively involved in advocating for Software developers in Africa, hence co-founded Forloop, Asaba, one of the largest developer communities for software developers, enthusiasts, advocates, and experts across Africa. He is also a mentor at ‘Mentoring Club based in Berlin, Germany' where he hosts technical talks and interviews with experts and individuals on their product journey. Emeka sits on the board of Africa Leadership Academy, is a fellow of Dream VC and Africa Angels Academy where he plies his trade on Venture Capital. Emeka had a brief experience at CiCOServe Payments where he helped build the product culture and processes from scratch, helped the team achieve scale in a three months period and leveraged partnerships with Opay, Interswitch, and Global Accelerex. He is currently a product lead at Computer Warehouse Group PLC, based in Lagos.
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What mentees say
“My session with Mr Emeka was quite impactful I must say. I've gain some clarity and confidence in my journey as a product manager.”
“I really don't know how to thank him, he's the best mentor I've spoken to so far, the fact that I was comfortable talking to him like I was talking to my boyfriend, the resources he shared and all. Thank you so much for this session, it was so amazing.”
“Emeka makes a great mentor. Nothing went wrong with our conversation. He listened intently as I spoke and spoke clearly. I took note of this advice and incorporated it into my routine to help me achieve some of my professional goals. Emeka's time and work are appreciated. I would advise everyone, especially those like myself who want to advance growth in the product design market.”