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Talks and podcastsfrom what I've run

My topics come from my own work: an AI support agent in production, a hosting company since 2015, and a move from Lagos to Manchester.

Muyiwa Akinola speaking at the UNWRAP Leadership Summit in Abuja, 2022

Topics

What I talk about

AI security

Your support chat is an attack surface

What happened when someone tried to command my AI agent, and the checks to put in front of a model.

AI operations

What to measure once AI is talking to your customers

The five things my dashboard tracks, and what each one caught.

Practical AI

AI for a small business with no technical team

Where to start, what it costs and what to leave alone.

Founder story

Running one company from Lagos and Manchester

Pricing for two markets, paying suppliers when dollars are scarce, and what moving changed.

Founder story

From ₦2,500 to 600 customers without funding

Eleven years of bootstrapping, including the project I had to shelve.

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Track record

Where I've spoken

2022UNWRAP Leadership Summit, AbujaSpeaker, "Investing in Technology", 120+ attendees
2022The Re-Awakening NigeriaCo-speaker, "Leveraging the Tech Boom for Nation Building"
2020 to 2022Start2Dev meetups, Lagos and onlineFounder and host, 15+ events with 20 guest speakers
2019Women Techsters demo day, Tech4DevJudge
2018eCommerce summit, IbadanPitched OneNet Servers to 200+ business owners

For organisers

Bio for organisers

Short bio

Muyiwa Akinola is the Founder and CEO of OneNet Servers, a hosting and AI company serving businesses in Nigeria and the UK. He started it as a student in 2015, was endorsed for the UK Global Talent visa in 2022 and lives in Manchester.

Long bio

Muyiwa Akinola is the Founder and CEO of OneNet Servers, which he started in 2015 with ₦2,500 while still at university. The company grew to more than 600 customers without outside funding and now runs as an AI-first hosting platform in Nigeria and the UK. In 2020 he built the donation site for Project Ark in 48 hours, which raised ₦45 million for families during the Lagos lockdown. He was endorsed for the UK Global Talent visa in Digital Technology in 2022, lives in Manchester and mentors people preparing for the same route.

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