Joshua Gabriel Oluwaseyi
editJoshua Gabriel Oluwaseyi (born November 19) is a twenty-two-year-old Nigerian climate activist, a Nigerian environmentalist, a communications professional, a storyteller, and the Founder of LEARNBLUE. He was appointed as the only African in the Teen Vogue 21 Under 21 Honoree class in Year 2021
Biography
editJoshua was born in Benin-City, Nigeria, but resides in Lagos. There, he attended 4th Avenue Primary School and finished in second place at the preliminary round of the Lagos State Spelling Bee while studying sciences at FESTAC Grammar School. Joshua also represented his school in more than a dozen other competitions, such as debates and spelling bees.
He completed high school in 2018, took a year off to establish his charity, LEARNBLUE, and only recently started working towards a BSc in Statistics at the University of Benin in Nigeria, where he will be a member of the class of 2023.
Joshua is presently a full-time student at his institution, the executive director of his nonprofit organisation, and the Chief of Operations at Supersonic Finance LTD
Awards and Recognition
edit- 2019 Award of Excellence in Entrepreneurship, Youth Employment Standards Act (YESA)
- 2019 Mentorship Challenge Winner, AdamStart
- 2019 Young Innovator, International Connector
- 2019: 100 Most Influential Young Leaders in Nigeria, Democracy Youth Roundtable
- 2020 Global Teen Leader, We Are Family Foundation
- 2021 #SolvingIt Honoree, Doha Debates
- 2021 21 Under 21 Honoree, Teen Vogue
- 2021: 25 under 25, Rising Star, Future Minds Network