He is the Founder and CEO of Nawah Scientific, an online platform that receives experiment requests, collects samples, conducts tests and returns results digitally.
Founded in 2015, the biotech startup aims to enable scientists to conduct higher-quality research, regardless of location and owned lab facilities.
Omar is a pharmacist by education and holds a PhD in pharmaceutical technology from the University of Geneva and an MBA from HULT Business School in London.
His career extends over 18 years of experience in the pharmaceutical field in academia and industry.
Omar’s research focuses on nanotech applications for the controlled delivery of small molecules and biological drugs.
He has also authored and co-authored several peer-reviewed articles and book chapters in top journals.
Omar holds several scientific and business awards, including the prestigious Jack Ma award, Africa Business Heroes (2019).
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He is the co-founder and CEO of Botlhale AI, an innovative artificial intelligence startup.
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Born and raised in Nigeria, Tayo left the West African country as a teenager before returning after his studies abroad.
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