Olumide Oyeleye wanted to get into tech, but he wasn’t sure how to go about it. In 2019, he was a 20-year-old graphic designer just out of vocational school. Then, a client invited him to Techub Spaces, a co-working centre in Agidingbi, Ikeja, after a struggle at home with power cuts and slow Internet.
He liked the amenities at the co-working space, but he couldn’t afford it. “I was just starting my career at the time,” Oyeleye told Ikeja Record in a recent interview.
But he was able to negotiate a discount, up to half of the monthly subscription for using the space. And a few months down the line, he was hired to run operations for the centre.
“The pay wasn’t great (a transport allowance of N15,000) but I had a place to come to, get access to resources and use the Internet,” Oyeleye said. “I also met people and was able to get new leads for my work.”
