The last time we had a chat with Bankole Cardoso in Abuja, he was still founding CEO of online taxi hailing app, Easy Taxi Nigeria, a Rocket Internet backed startup. But as of now, the 26 year old has confirmed he is moving on to do new things. EasyTaxi, under the Bankole’s watch grew to be one of the most used taxi hailing apps in Lagos as well as the Country’s capital, Abuja. Even more, Bankole put a personal touch to the gospel of technology he preached. He would wake up early, put on flip flops and drive around Lagos talking to different taxi drivers and explaining the Easy Taxi application to them. Unflinching about walking away from all that hardwork and launching into new projects as he calls it, Bankole has hinted that his exit from the company will not translate into a burned bridge. Bankole reassures that he will always be affiliated with Easy Taxi but is taking the opportunity of leaving the startup to advance and work on new projects.
As a young and budding entrepreneur, Bankole was, in 2014, listed on Forbes as one of the 30 most promising African entrepreneurs under age 30 and has been featured on CNN Africa Start-Up.
Bankole was born and raised in Lagos and has a B.Sc in Business Management (Accounting) from Boston College. After studying and working abroad for 12 years, he moved back to Nigeria permanently to be an entrepreneur and it’s been an uphill journey from what we can see.
So he is no longer the CEO? For real?
The article says he’s 26 and he move home after working abroad for 12 years? Did he start working at 14 or something….hmmmmm. lol.
It says 12 Years studying and working