Israel Oyinlola

African AI Foundation is a non-profit initiative to equip people with the skills necessary to be relevant in the AI revolution. Our first cohort had over 850 people from over 4 countries. African AI Foundation is focused on capacity building, research and development of AI solutions for industries (Through its for-profit arm). The foundation creates an execution engine through a strong talent pipeline for companies requiring to hire AI talents, and a strong marketing catalyst as most partners… Show more

African AI Foundation is a non-profit initiative to equip people with the skills necessary to be relevant in the AI revolution. Our first cohort had over 850 people from over 4 countries. African AI Foundation is focused on capacity building, research and development of AI solutions for industries (Through its for-profit arm). The foundation creates an execution engine through a strong talent pipeline for companies requiring to hire AI talents, and a strong marketing catalyst as most partners in the foundation end up as customers for the profit-oriented arm.


- Authored codes in Python and frameworks like Langchain, Transformer library, Huggingface platform etc to expose students to different AI concept
- Launched African AI Foundation as an impact-oriented organisation in March 2023
- Partnered with the reputable American Corner Initiative to help scale the impact to the grass-root
- Creating a strong AI ecosystem in Africa where there’s strong participation of public sector, private sector
and talent creation processes
- The First cohort had over 850 people trained on how to build AI systems for a period of 12 weeks.
- Working with governmental institutions like NITDA, UNESCO to research AI Security and inclusive AI training and development
-Finetuned models using domain-specific data to improve accuracy and relevance using LORA and QLORA
- Optimized models to balance quality, response time, and computational cost.
- Optimized models for low latency and high throughput, particularly when integrated into applications with user interaction or on-demand generation.
- Develop APIs or platforms to allow for seamless interaction between generative AI models and applications.
- Used Knime toolkit to create AI classical models and data analytics
- Used Langchain to integrate to Gemini model on Vertex and also Open AI model Show less

Baseone is a Fintech infrastructure company, offering BaaS products via APIs in about 10 countries. I conceptualised and brought to life the innovative payment gateway, achieving substantial market share acquisition and establishing the platform as a leading player in the financial technology sector.

- Launched Baseone.co in less than a year with a budget of $500K and built a distributed team of 15 people from the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Nigeria
- Achieved a high… Show more

Baseone is a Fintech infrastructure company, offering BaaS products via APIs in about 10 countries. I conceptualised and brought to life the innovative payment gateway, achieving substantial market share acquisition and establishing the platform as a leading player in the financial technology sector.

- Launched Baseone.co in less than a year with a budget of $500K and built a distributed team of 15 people from the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Nigeria
- Achieved a high coding standard within the CICD by implementing Sonarcube to ensure high-quality of software released
- Created a standard for software documentation which reduces key-man risk in software delivery
Implemented high availability design on Azure App Service by using native L7 load-balancing with multiple service instance count
- Implemented event-driven design for asynchronous processing of data using Azure Service Bus and Active MQ which increases reliability
- Created Azure DevOps pipeline which builds docker container as deployment artifact
- Created alerts for observability on Grafana, Prometheus and configured health checks for services running on Azure
- Implemented Azure Kubernetes Services for the management of the Core Banking System
- Integrated SonarQube into the CICD for code quality checks before builds
- Created a disaster recovery plan to ensure Baseone can recover from any disaster in 15 minutes
- Designed and configured key components of cloud infrastructure including CDNs, Load Balancers, Azure Kubernetes Service, API gateway and Azure Service Bus
- Authored and reviewed codes in C# Dot Net Core, Python and Javascript with up to 40-50% of my time
- Created alerts, monitoring and logging for observability on Grafana, Prometheus
- Optimised cloud resource utilisation and implemented cost management strategies that reduced cost by up to 45%
- Created architectural documentation using the C4 model and UML from market feedback to create a product iteration plan Show less

I built Advancly from the ground up within the Venture Studio Platform as an entrepreneur in residence. Advancly is an embedded finance, API-powered B2B lending business.

- Iterated Advancly.com in less than a year with MVP customers, a budget of $250K and a distributed team of 10 people located in the United States, Canada, Kenya and Nigeria
- Actively authored codes as a senior software developer, made product decisions as a technical product manager and designed system components… Show more

I built Advancly from the ground up within the Venture Studio Platform as an entrepreneur in residence. Advancly is an embedded finance, API-powered B2B lending business.

- Iterated Advancly.com in less than a year with MVP customers, a budget of $250K and a distributed team of 10 people located in the United States, Canada, Kenya and Nigeria
- Actively authored codes as a senior software developer, made product decisions as a technical product manager and designed system components as an enterprise architect
- Crossed 1M USD in revenue after one year of launch (2 years after the start of the project)
- Authored codes in Javascript, Python, Javascript and C# with up to 40-50% of my time
- Reviewed codes submitted by engineers to ensure that it is scalable and fits the business objective
- Migrated Jenkins build steps to Azure DevOps build process
- Created Azure DevOps pipeline to build docker containers which connects to Azure Container Registry
- Created alerts for observability on Grafana, Prometheus
- Integrated SonarQube into the CICD for code quality checks before builds
- Created a disaster recovery plan to ensure Baseone can recover from any disaster in 10 minutes
- Implemented and maintained monitoring, logging and observability solutions using Grafana and Prometheus
- Optimised cloud resource utilization and implemented cost management strategies
- Converted market opportunities to architectural documentation using the C4 model and UML
- Provided mentorship for other team members, and guidance on solution design and documentation

Skills: Python, Django, Maria DB, Postgres, Azure Service Bus, RabbitMQ, Elastic Search, Redis, Git, Jenkins, AWS, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, Azure Functions, Amazon RDS, Core Banking System (Mifos), Microservices, TDD, Event-Driven, Cloud Native, Kubernetes, Technical specification, Pipeline Design, Agile Show less

I came in part-time as a lead senior software engineer to support Avitech's business during this period. I came in around a period during which the business needed support to meet customer demand during a period of high engineering attrition. I didn't only steady the engineering arm, I was able to stabilize the business, increasing revenue during my time.

- Technical Lead of a -person engineering team to drive 2x revenue through speed execution, innovation, and platform as a… Show more

I came in part-time as a lead senior software engineer to support Avitech's business during this period. I came in around a period during which the business needed support to meet customer demand during a period of high engineering attrition. I didn't only steady the engineering arm, I was able to stabilize the business, increasing revenue during my time.

- Technical Lead of a -person engineering team to drive 2x revenue through speed execution, innovation, and platform as a service
- Authored codes in C# ASP.NET for new features and use cases
- Reviewed and refactored up to 20% of the code base reducing system downtime by up to 75%


Technologies: c#, SQL Server, RabbitMQ, Elastic Search, Redis, Git, Jenkins, JIRA, Bitbucket, Octopus, AWS, Azure Show less

As a developer and software engineer in Vigipay, a B2B fintech subsidiary of
Venture Garden Group, I was part of the founding team that laid the technical foundation for Vigipay.

- Built payment systems that helped B2B customers to collect and pay-out funds.
- Actively contributed to the development of key products, including Swerve (International Money Transfer with multi-country termination)
- Payment Gateway, and payment collection. These experiences involved hands-on work… Show more

As a developer and software engineer in Vigipay, a B2B fintech subsidiary of
Venture Garden Group, I was part of the founding team that laid the technical foundation for Vigipay.

- Built payment systems that helped B2B customers to collect and pay-out funds.
- Actively contributed to the development of key products, including Swerve (International Money Transfer with multi-country termination)
- Payment Gateway, and payment collection. These experiences involved hands-on work with diverse technologies such as Java, C#, Angular, MSSQL, AWS, Kubernetes, and Microsoft Azure App Service.
- Successfully spearheaded the redesign of the cross-border platform, transitioning it into an event-driven architecture.
- This strategic move significantly enhanced system performance and reliability, ensuring a seamless cross-border payment experience for users.
- Led the development of the Collect platform, a crucial tool used by merchants for cross-border collection in different currencies. This involved overseeing the entire development lifecycle, from design to implementation, contributing to increased efficiency in payment processing.
- Pioneered the design and development of a unique Mobile Money platform, a first of its kind in Nigeria.
-This platform aggregates different countries in Africa, showcasing a groundbreaking approach to mobile financial services and expanding the company's reach across borders.
- Successfully revamped the core banking application, resulting in a substantial boost in business revenue. This initiative involved strategic enhancements and optimizations, showcasing a commitment to continuous improvement and innovation
- Stack: Java, C#, Angular, MSSQL, AWS, Angular, Kubernetes, Microsoft Azure App Service.
- These achievements demonstrate not only technical proficiency but also strategic leadership in guiding the development of innovative solutions that contribute to business growth and operational excellence.
- Daily business language: English Show less

Led the development of an application that allows corporates to manage business travel and trips. Corporate admins and employees are onboarded, and employees can then book their business trips, which goes to their line manager for approval before getting booked on the travel network

- Authored PHP codes in Code Igniter and Laravel
- Led the development of corporate admin onboarding, employee onboarding, transaction management, airline integration, and hotel integration
- Developed… Show more

Led the development of an application that allows corporates to manage business travel and trips. Corporate admins and employees are onboarded, and employees can then book their business trips, which goes to their line manager for approval before getting booked on the travel network

- Authored PHP codes in Code Igniter and Laravel
- Led the development of corporate admin onboarding, employee onboarding, transaction management, airline integration, and hotel integration
- Developed a maker checker service that gets business travel requests approved by their line managers before it's submitted on Amadeus, Galileo and Sabre
- Developed central authentication/authorization applications, overseeing project authentication and authorization policies, ensuring security and compliance.
- Directly managed a team of 3 engineers
- Integrated into Amadeus SOAP API and other hotel and airline REST APIs
- Proficiently employed a diverse set of tools including PHP, jQuery, and MYSQL.
- Created an automation CICD pipeline to deploy to AWS
- Designed and implemented systems that allowed for corporates and businesses to integrate flight booking and inventory management
- Engineered the Trips Merchant Portal, streamlining onboarding, employee and transaction management, and integration configuration for seamless merchant operations.
- Daily business language: English Show less