Uzoma Dozie is a Nigerian-British banker and tech investor. Born in London, United Kingdom, he is a holder of Bachelor of Science degree from University of Reading, and furthered his academic pursuit 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 and 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.
He is also known 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 also a well-known advocate for showcasing technology start-up CEOs and has championed an online TV show called Tech Turks for a number of years, whereby he discusses challenges and opportunities of building tech businesses in Nigeria, with some of the country’s leading entrepreneurs.
He also launched TechFest in 2018, a platform that brings together leading dignitaries of Nigeria’s technology and business sectors.
