Idris Ayodeji Bello

Partner & Co-Founder · LoftyInc Capital Management

Last updated 30 September 2026

Early-stage venture capitalEcosystem buildingImpact investingSocial enterprise

Idris Ayodeji Bello ("the Afropreneur") is a Partner at LoftyInc Allied Partners Limited and co-founder of The Wennovation Hub, a Nigerian innovation platform that has accelerated dozens of social-impact technology startups. He is also Founding Partner at LoftyInc Capital Management, managers of the Afropreneurs Fund (I & II). A multi-degreed technologist-turned-investor (Oxford Weidenfeld Scholar, Rice MBA, UH MSc Data Mining), he spent a decade at Chevron and ExxonMobil before moving fully into African venture and ecosystem building.

Stage focus

Pre-seedSeedAngelSeries A

Sector focus

FintechEnterprise softwareFinancial servicesHealthtechEdtechAgritech