Oluwaseun Medayedupin is an African nationalist and a tech superlative who built Socioafrica from his university dorm. Socioafrica is in the business of building technologies that connect people, grow communities, businesses and bring Africa closer. Socioafrica is an African photo and video sharing platform that allows you to create and share your photos, stories, and videos with the friends and followers you care about. With almost 50,000 registered, Socioafrica has members all over Nigeria and Africa.
Speaking in a recent interview, he tells us about his experience building the multimedia networking site. “I built socioafrica while I was in the university from my dorm room. I started the platform with the aim of bringing people around me closer. “I grew up in a middleclass neighborhood and family. To be honest, I never liked my neighborhood because most people there were not educated or ‘techfancy’. “It was really hard for me after I lost my father. I really struggled to feed myself while I was in the university, but I believe that if I didn’t go through those pains, socioafrica would have never come to life. I literally built socioafrica on my sorrows, tears and blood”, he says.
Socioafrica evolved out of a strong resolve to build a brand that promotes the uniqueness of Nigeria and Africa as a whole. Its overall relevance is that it is a platform where individuals can connect with others on the same platform. Medayedupin asserted further that a significant edge for Socioafrica is that it is the first of its kind and this clearly positions it as the foremost networking site. The values of the brand encapsulates all its stands for and it communicates the brand essence which is simply to bring you closer to the people and things you love.
“I could remember when I started socioafrica, I was so obsessed with Mark Zuckerberg. I kept reading about how he started Facebook and how Facebook grew to what it is today. My early mentors and influences were Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk. I believe that what sets socioafrica from other brands is that we are unique and we remain committed to serving Africans & empowering the socio economic standards of every African. I’m not changing my narratives, socioafrica remains, I love the niche, and it’s the first of its kind & a net contribution to Africa’s society,” he concludes