Uzoma Dozie is a Nigerian-British banker and tech investor. Born in London, United Kingdom, he holds a bachelor’s from University of Reading with academic furtherance to bag Master of Business Administration from Imperial College and Master of Science from University College London.
He was the GMD and Bank CEO of Diamond Bank from 2014, where he was the brain behind the successful implementation of a merger with Access Bank Plc in 2018. While at Diamond Bank, Uzoma also served as Executive Director of Corporate Banking and Executive Director of Regional Business Lagos & West Regions.
Dozie’s move away from the Nigerian banking sector birthed his launching of Sparkle in 2019, the mobile-first platform which is focused on Nigeria’s retail sector and aims at tackling how retailers achieve their daily objectives and scale their businesses with the use of artificial intelligence (AI).
He is also reputed for investing in a number of Nigerian technology start-ups through his angel fund, Black Knights. Uzoma is a Board member of Women’s World Banking and always speaks at conferences and events around the world, on the subject of financial inclusion, technology and how technology can scale.
He is a renowned advocate for showcasing technology start-up CEOs, and has championed an online TV show called Tech Turks for a number of years.
He launched TechFest in 2018, a platform that brings together leading dignitaries of Nigeria’s technology and business sectors.
