Great Ife Meets Great Ambition: Inside Chams & Kegow’s Two-Day Campus Visit to OAU

There is a distinct energy on the campus of Obafemi Awolowo University—one driven by ambition, sharp ideas, and a student body that never stops building. On the 30th and 31st July 2026, leadership teams from ChamsCorp and Chamsmobile Limited packed up and headed to Ile-Ife. The mission was simple: strengthen a long-standing partnership with university management, connect directly with student leadership, and unveil forward thinking initiatives designed to support everyday campus life.

 

Building Better Campus Infrastructure

The visit kicked off with an executive session alongside OAU’s principal management, including the Vice Chancellor, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), Dean of Student Affairs, and the University Bursar. Discussions centered on leveraging identity infrastructure and financial technology to make campus operations effortless for staff and students.

 

Among the core projects evaluated was the deployment of multi-purpose Smart Student Identity Cards. Beyond serving as official university IDs, these smart cards will double as functional debit cards for seamless daily transactions across campus. 

​Expanding Access & Supporting Student Ambition

​Beyond identity tools, two major initiatives took center stage during the visit:

  • ​The KADARA BNPL Scheme (Device Financing): Management reviewed plans for a flexible “Buy Now, Pay Later” model designed to tackle a critical campus need. By allowing students and staff to acquire essential hardware such as laptops, tablets, and smartphones, through manageable installment plans, the scheme directly supports academic research and digital literacy.

 

  • ​The Kegow Scholar Program: Recognising that OAU is home to ambitious builders and innovators, the program goes beyond simple financial backing. Selected scholars will receive hands-on mentorship, practical business training, and incubation support to help turn technical solutions into viable businesses. In addition, top-performing technical talent within the program will gain direct pathways to automatic post-graduation employment opportunities across the Chams ecosystem.

 

Grassroots Engagement and Freshers Welcome

A campus partnership relies heavily on connecting with the people who make the university thrive. The delegation spent quality time with both the outgoing and incoming Student Union Government (SUG) executives. Following a guided tour of the Student Union Building (SUB), an ongoing collaboration was established designating SUG leaders as official Kegow Campus Ambassadors to keep the team closely aligned with student needs.

 

Over at the freshers’ halls of residence, the field team welcomed newly admitted undergraduates as they began their university journey. The team helped 35 freshers set up their accounts on the spot, walk through wallet funding, and explore the app’s savings features to manage their daily campus allowances.

 

Looking Ahead

The two day visit wrapped up with a joint photo session alongside the Vice Chancellor and principal officers, marking a shared vision for campus transformation. Whether it is rolling out smart IDs, putting laptops into students’ hands, or backing the next generation of founders through the Kegow Scholar Program, the collaboration remains committed to building an empowered, digitally connected academic community at Obafemi Awolowo University.

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Akinsanmi Adeleke

Business Mngr. and Enterprise Solution

Akinsanmi is a high-performing operations-management executive with expertise in optimizing organizational processes through system automation. His career accomplishments consist of more than 10 years of experience implementing technology projects, developing product requirements, and analysing support strategies and processes to facilitate improved operations and efficiency. A proficient problem-solver who designs solutions and assists developers with issues by envisioning business and technical perspectives to a problem. When it comes to completing a job from start to finish, the value of clarity and good communication can’t be overstated, his superior communication and problem-solving skills allow him to excel in driving teams through all facets of project life cycles and realizing improved efficiency and productivity.

Grown through the ranks at Chams PLC, starting as Biometric Technology Support, Database Administrator, and presently a Business Manager, he has efficiently led diverse teams to oversee, manage and successfully deliver a number of technology change management projects for both government and private clients. Applying strong relationship and stakeholder management skills, he has ensured the utmost satisfaction of all clients. His expertise, experience, and achievement across projects includes Business Analysis, Process Improvement/Automation, Open Source Development, ERP, HR and Payroll Automation and Auditing, Data Analysis, Public Financial Management Automation.

Reinforcing his experience are credentials that include a Master’s Degree in Information Technology from the prestigious University of Lagos, as well as various other professional certifications including Certified Business Analyst from Imarticus Learning in India, Oracle Certified Professional, Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist and a recognised Odoo Partner.

Babatope Olulode

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Babatope Olulode is the Assistant General Manager, Sales. He works primarily on VOTA and I’m Alive Solutions for the Company. With working experience in a vast variety of industries in Nigeria and the United States, he leads the sales effort to ensure that Chamsmobile products are highly sought after and exceed the expectations of our clients.

Prior to Chamsmobile, Tope worked at NETCOM Africa and was on the Board of Management of John Holt PLC as General Manager overseeing assets worth over N10 Billion. He also worked in Logistics as the Chief Operating Officer of CFL Logistics and Head, Business Development at Flux Logistics, a member of the Superflux Group. He was appointed as MD/CEO of Sattrak Telematics in 2008 after working with Nextzon Business Services, a firm providing Business advisory, venture financing and management, outsourcing and consulting services. In the United States, he joined AWABCO as a Manager and later JWB Ventures as General Manager after receiving a 98.5% score in serve-safe certification.

A multi-disciplinary and lifelong learner, Tope holds a Bachelor of Technology Degree from the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Ogbomoso, and is a member of the American Marketing Association AMA. He earned an MBA from the Louisiana State University in 2004 and was awarded the Don Wilcox Scholarship for Outstanding Academic Performance. He’s an avid Film critic and loves to travel.

Kayode Akomolafe

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Kayode Akomolafe is the Executive Director, Chamsmobile. Before his appointment, he was the Chief Operating Officer, Chams Plc. He is an accomplished professional in project management with over 20years experience in diverse field which include Identity management, solution design, system architect, customer service, IT operations and infrastructure.

Sequel to joining Chams Plc in 2008, Kayode worked with Aeriel Link Communications, a public relation outfit in Lagos as Business Development executive and Mr Biggs Division of UAC as Operations Auditors and Compliance Manager. He has managed and led different teams to deliver several projects for federal, state and private institutions out of which are ChamsCity digital mall that got the Guinness world record, NCC SIM registration, Nigeria Airforce identity management and staff audit, Nigeria Custom identity management system, Osun state staff audit, including human resources and payroll solution, and the famous national identity project with NIMC.

He holds a Bachelor of Technology from Federal University of Technology Akure, a Master’s Degree in Information System Technology from University of Liverpool, UK and an Executive MBA from Lagos Business school. He is an Alumni of Nanyang Business School, Singapore. He is a certified Scrum Master, a Professional Member of British Project Professional Society, Scrum Alliance USA and Agile Practitioners Association of Nigeria.


Mayowa Olaniyan

CEO/Managing Director

Mayowa Olaniyan is a finance and management expert. She is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Chamsmobile Limited, an associate company of Nigeria’s long-standing indigenous technology company, Chams Plc.

Mayowa’s managerial and strategy expertise is sought after in the corporate sector. With an accomplished career of over 27 years that spans across finance, audit, automobile, and technology, Mayowa is a thoroughbred professional and resilient administrator whose business leadership is well recognized among C-Level Executives, Board of directors, Regulatory Authorities and other key Stakeholders for the many outstanding performances in delivering company’s business and financial objectives.

Until her appointment as MD/CEO of Chamsmobile, Mayowa oversaw Chams Plc’s finance, strategy and services as Executive Director. In this role, she led the refinancing of Chamsmobile and reengineered the company’s mobile money operations and positioned same to play alongside other big leagues in the industry and also drove the financial and business strategy that shot the Chams group back to profitability. Prior to that role, she served as the Chief Strategist and Financial Officer.

A chartered accountant of repute, a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (FCA) and Fellow of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA), global body for professional Accountants, Mayowa holds an MBA from Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University, UK.

She has a degree in Applied Accounting and post graduate diploma from Oxford Brooks University, UK. She is an alumna of NANYANG Technology University, Singapore and the prestigious Pan Atlantic University (Lagos Business School), Nigeria.