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Funke Opeke

Nigerian electrical engineer

Funke Opeke (born 1961 in Ibadan) is a Nigerian electrical engineer and telecommunications executive who founded Main Street Technologies and MainOne. She led MainOne as chief executive officer and, following its acquisition by Equinix, as managing director for West Africa until stepping down in November 2024.²

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Born 1950.¹

About

She then became a strategic adviser to the company.

From Wikipedia’s article on Funke Opeke, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

MainOneFounder¹³

Early life and education

Date not recordedColumbia University^{3 4}
Date not recordedObafemi Awolowo University^{3 4}
Date not recordedFu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science³

Opeke attended Queen's School in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.

Opeke grew up in Ibadan and is from Ile-Oluji, Ondo State. She was one of nine children. Her father was the first Nigerian director of the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria, and her mother was a teacher.

Opeke earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) and a master's degree in the same field from Columbia University. After she graduated from Columbia University, she followed with a career in ICT in the United States as an executive director with the wholesale division of Verizon in New York City. In 2005, she joined MTN Nigeria as chief technical officer (CTO). She served as adviser at Transcorp and chief operating officer of NITEL for a brief period.

From Wikipedia’s article on Funke Opeke (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Career

Occupation: engineer.⁶

Date not recordedFounded MainOne⁵

Personal life

Born1950, Ibadan^{2 7}
CitizenshipNigeria^{2 8}

Awards

2018OkayAfrica 100 Women^{9 10}
2012All African Businesswoman of the year⁹

Sources

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WikidataFunke Opeke on Wikidata
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WikipediaFunke Opeke on Wikipedia
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WikidataFunke Opeke: education, on Wikidata
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Wikidataeducation, as reported
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WikidataFunke Opeke: Founded MainOne, on Wikidata
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WikidataFunke Opeke: occupation, on Wikidata
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WikidataFunke Opeke: place of birth, on Wikidata
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WikidataFunke Opeke: citizenship, on Wikidata
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WikidataFunke Opeke: award, on Wikidata
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Wikidataaward, as reported
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WikidataFunke Opeke: X, on Wikidata
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WikidataFunke Opeke: Bloomberg profile, on Wikidata
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WikidataMainOne, Founder
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Wikimedia CommonsFunke Opeke photo by ITU Pictures, CC BY 2.0