Oluseun Onigbinde

{{Short description|Nigerian entrepreneur and data analyst}} {{Use Nigerian English|date=May 2026}} {{Multiple issues| {{Notability|Biographies|date=September 2019}} {{Promotional|date=September 2019}} }} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Oluseun David Onigbinde | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age |1985|09|18}} | birth_place = Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria | education = Stanford Executive Program in Social Entrepreneurship<br /> Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Electrical/Electronics Engineering.<br /> Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta<br /> Loyola College, Ibadan | occupation = Open Data advocate, entrepreneur | years_active = 2011–present | known_for = Co-Founder and CEO of BudgIT. | notable_works = Tracka, Fitila.africa, yourbudgit.com | spouse = {{marriage|Oluwaseun Agbelusi|24 October 2015}} | children = 3 | website = {{URL|https://oluseunonigbinde.wordpress.com/}} }}

'''Oluseun Onigbinde''' {{Audio|LL-Q34311 (yor)-Tunmise123-Oluseun Onigbinde.wav|Listen|help=no}}(born 18 September 1985)<ref name="AWARD" /> is a Nigerian entrepreneur and open data analyst, known as the co-founder and CEO of budgIT,<ref name="TC1">{{cite web|last1=Oluwafemi|first1=Bankole|title=Meet BudgIT Founder And Nigerian Data Pioneer, Seun Onigbinde On Digits|url=http://techcabal.com/2014/08/18/seun-onigbinde-and-budgit-on-ndani-digits/|website=TechCabal|date=18 August 2014 |accessdate=27 August 2016}}</ref> a Nigerian civic startup. Oluseun Onigbinde is an advocate for fiscal transparency and open data.

In 2012, he was awarded the Future Awards Prize for Science and Tech Innovation.<ref name="AWARD">{{cite web|title=The Future Awards 2012 – Meet the winners|url=http://enterpraxis.com/the-future-awards-2012-meet-winners/|website=Enterpraxis.com|accessdate=27 August 2016}}</ref>

On 13 September 2019, Onigbinde was appointed as Technical Adviser in the Ministry of Budget and National Planning in Nigeria.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://punchng.com/budgits-founder-seun-onigbinde-appointed-technical-adviser-in-budget-ministry/|title=Budgit's founder, Seun Onigbinde appointed Technical adviser in Budget ministry|newspaper=The Punch|date=13 September 2019 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-13}}</ref> His appointment was controversial among government critics.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://saharareporters.com/2019/09/13/nigerians-attack-popular-critic-seun-onigbinde-after-appointment-buhari|location=New York City, United States|title=Nigerians Attack Popular Critic, Seun Onigbinde, After Appointment By Buhari|date=2019-09-13|newspaper=Sahara Reporters|access-date=2019-09-13}}</ref> On Monday, 16 September 2019, Oluseun resigned from this position.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/@seunonigbinde/an-update-on-my-recent-appointment-bcd9095d96e9|title=AN UPDATE ON MY RECENT APPOINTMENT|last=Onigbinde|first=Oluseun|date=2019-09-16|website=Medium|language=en|access-date=2019-09-16}}</ref>

== Early life and education == Oluseun is a native of Masifa, Ogbomoso, Oyo State. He was born in Osogbo, presently Osun State, Nigeria. Oluseun obtained his primary and secondary school education at Loyola College, Ibadan. He scored nine distinctions in his West African Examinations Council's exam, earning the best result of the school's 2001 set.

Oluseun attended the University of Agriculture, Abeokuta where he obtained a bachelor of engineering (B.Eng.) in Electrical/Electronics Engineering and the Stanford university graduate school of business where he completed the executive program in social entrepreneurship.

== Career == During his NYSC, he was posted to Benin City where worked at Access bank. He later joined First Bank for a period of three and half years. It was while he was working at First Bank that he got the idea for BudgIT. According to him, his interest in banking was from the strategy angle, a space where he could contribute his ideas.<ref name="techpoint.ng">{{Cite web|url=https://techpoint.ng/2015/07/06/meet-seun-onigbinde-the-man-budgit/|title=Meet Seun Onigbinde, The Man Whose Company Will Turn Around Government Transparency|website=techpoint.ng|date=6 July 2015|language=en-US|access-date=2017-03-15|archive-date=27 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827222837/https://techpoint.ng/2015/07/06/meet-seun-onigbinde-the-man-budgit/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Oluseun Onigbinde is a recipient of several awards and he is currently an Obama Foundation Scholar at Columbia University. He is a board member of the ONE Africa Policy Advisory Board.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.one.org/international/about/leadership/|title=Leadership - The ONE Campaign|date=2014-05-20|website=ONE|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-22|archive-date=3 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403131619/https://www.one.org/international/about/leadership/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

He was appointed as Technical Adviser at the Ministry of Budget and National Planning but resigned few days later.<ref>{{Cite news| url = https://punchng.com/breaking-seun-onigbinde-resigns-as-technical-adviser-in-budget-ministry/| title = Seun Onigbinde resigns as Technical Adviser in Budget ministry - Punch Newspapers| date = 16 September 2019|newspaper=The Punch}}</ref>

=== BudgIT === In 2011, Oluseun Onigbinde and Joseph Agunbiade formed a team during a hackathon held at the Co-Creation Hub. It was here that he came up with the idea for a need to publicize government spending to the general public, leading to the startup BudgIT.<ref name="TP1">{{cite web|last1=Matuluko|first1=Muyiwa|title=Meet Seun Onigbinde, The Man Whose Company Will Turn Around Government Transparency|url=https://techpoint.ng/2015/07/06/meet-seun-onigbinde-the-man-budgit/|website=TechPoint|date=6 July 2015|accessdate=27 August 2016|archive-date=27 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827222837/https://techpoint.ng/2015/07/06/meet-seun-onigbinde-the-man-budgit/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2014, the Omidyar Network invested $400,000 in BudgIT; this has always been listed on their website. In June 2015, the Kaduna State government under the administration of Mallam El-Rufai, signed BudgIT to build Open Budget mobile portal similar to the Buharimeter; a platform which was built by BudgIT for Center for Democracy and Development to hold President Buhari accountable for his campaign promises.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://techpoint.ng/2015/06/26/kaduna-government-signs-budgit-to-build-open-budget-mobile-portal/|title=Kaduna State government signs BudgIT to build Open Budget mobile portal|website=techpoint.ng|date=26 June 2015|language=en-US|access-date=2017-03-15|archive-date=27 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170127015834/https://techpoint.ng/2015/06/26/kaduna-government-signs-budgit-to-build-open-budget-mobile-portal/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In January 2017, BudgIT raised an additional $3&nbsp;million grant from Omidyar Network and Gates Foundation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://techpoint.ng/2017/01/25/budgit-raises-3-million-dollars/|title=BREAKING: BudgIT raises $3 million grant from Omidyar Network and Gates Foundation|website=techpoint.ng|date=25 January 2017 |language=en-US|access-date=2017-03-15}}</ref> In February 2016, Oluseun Onigbinde was honoured to make a presentation at the Chatham House under the African Project on issue of accountability and governance.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.datasciencenigeria.org/oluseun-onigbinde/|title=Oluseun Onigbinde|website=Data Science Nigeria|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-22|archive-date=30 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830154122/http://www.datasciencenigeria.org/oluseun-onigbinde/|url-status=dead}}</ref> === Civic Technology === Onigbinde is an advocate for data-driven journalism. He participated in a health journalism project as part of the Knight Innovation Fellowship of the International Center for Journalists. In 2014, BudgIT launched [http://tracka.ng Tracka], which monitors public projects in over 600 communities in Nigeria.

His organization also founded Civic Hive, Nigeria's civic innovation hub, that incubates civic tech start-ups.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://civichive.org/|title=CivicHive – Welcome|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-22}}</ref>

==Personal life== Seun resides in Lagos with his wife, Oluwaseun, and daughters Wuraola, Ireoluwa and Adesuwa.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://blog.thebridgeleadership.org/youth-of-the-week-oluseun-onigbinde/|title=Olusegun Onigbinde|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.onigbinde.org/family/|title=Olusegun Onigbinde|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>

== Recognitions == * Ashoka Fellowship for Global Entrepreneurs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oluseun Onigbinde {{!}} Ashoka {{!}} Everyone a Changemaker |url=https://www.ashoka.org/en-us/fellow/oluseun-onigbinde |access-date=2022-07-04 |website=www.ashoka.org |language=en-us}}</ref> * The Future Awards, 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://connectnigeria.com/articles/2012/08/the-full-list-of-the-future-awards-2012-winners/ |title=The Full List Of The Future Awards 2012 Winners! |work=Connect Nigeria |date=27 August 2012 |accessdate=27 August 2016 |archive-date=10 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010161412/http://connectnigeria.com/articles/2012/08/the-full-list-of-the-future-awards-2012-winners/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> * World Summit Youth Award * Knight International Journalism Fellow/ International Center for Journalists <ref>{{Cite web |title=Oluseun Onigbinde |url=https://www.icfj.org/about/profiles/oluseun-onigbinde |access-date=2022-07-04 |website=International Center for Journalists |language=en}}</ref> * Harambe Fellowship (Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance) <ref>{{Cite web |title=Oluseun Onigbinde |url=https://globalshakers.com/world-shakers/oluseun-onigbinde/ |access-date=2022-07-04 |website=Global Shakers |language=en-US |archive-date=5 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705190846/https://globalshakers.com/world-shakers/oluseun-onigbinde/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> * 2016 Aspen New Voices Fellowship <ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-01-03 |title=Oluseun Onigbinde |url=https://newvoicesfellows.aspeninstitute.org/fellow/oluseun-onigbinde/ |access-date=2022-07-04 |website=New Voices Fellowship |language=en-US |archive-date=5 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705191901/https://newvoicesfellows.aspeninstitute.org/fellow/oluseun-onigbinde/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> * 2016 Draper Hills Summer Fellowship, Stanford University (Center for Democracy, Development, and the Rule of the Law).<ref>{{Cite web |publisher=Stanford University |title=Introducing our 2016 Draper Hills Summer Fellows |url=https://cddrl.fsi.stanford.edu/summerfellows/news/introducing-our-2016-draper-hills-summer-fellows |access-date=2022-07-04 |website=cddrl.fsi.stanford.edu |date=11 May 2016 |language=en}}</ref> * Obama Foundation Scholar (2018 - 2019) <ref>{{Cite web |title=Meet the Scholars {{!}} Columbia World Projects |url=https://worldprojects.columbia.edu/meet-scholars |access-date=2022-07-04 |website=worldprojects.columbia.edu}}</ref> * Quartz Africa Innovators Award * 2018 Archbishop Desmond Tutu Leadership Fellow<ref>{{cite web |title=2018 Associates |url=https://alinstitute.org/tutu-fellows/2018-fellows/664-oleseun-onigbinde |website=African Leadership Institute |accessdate=20 August 2018 |archive-date=20 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820173011/https://alinstitute.org/tutu-fellows/2018-fellows/664-oleseun-onigbinde |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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==External links== * {{official website|https://oluseunonigbinde.wordpress.com/}} * [http://cchubnigeria.com/ventures/budgit/ Oluseun Onigbinde on CCHub's ventures page.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614201941/https://cchubnigeria.com/ventures/budgit/ |date=14 June 2021 }}

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