Meet Mister Mobility, founder of Mobility Nigeria

Also fondly called Mister Mo, Yomi Adegboye AKA Mister Mobility has a career that spans over 2 decades in tech and digital media.

Web Developer

He created his first blog, a WAP site, in late 2001, hand-coding each page in WML. This was at a period that only a handful of websites existed in Nigeria, most of them owned by big companies.

Pioneer Web Host

In 2003, he started one of Nigeria’s pioneer Web hosts with a successful stint. The hosting service was acquired by Web4Africa in May 2011.

Pioneer Tech Blogger and Content Creator

He began to review tech products in 2004 and has personally owned hundreds of mobile devices, and reviewed even more, since then.

Yomi started Mobility Nigeria in 2008. It was through his work at Mobility Nigeria that he came to be called Mister Mobility. He was the first tech reviewer in Nigeria to be partnered with by a mobile brand, when Nokia reached out to him in November 2010 with their latest flagship device. Many more phone brands have reached out since then.

In 2014, he started MobilityArena and has owned or co-owned up to seven (7) other content websites covering a spectrum of niches.

He also had a stint as Managing Director of CPAfrica from 2015 to 2020.

The Content Marketing God

Mister Mobility’s career in tech and digital content has spanned over 20 years now, and he has done various forms of digital marketing with some of the most high profile brands you can find, including: Nokia West Africa, BlackBerry, Pliris Mobile, Orbra, Microsoft Nigeria, Ntel, MTN, Etisalat (now 9mobile), GTBank, TECNO, Infinix, Nestle Africa, OPPO, Cowrywise, Huion, Unihertz, AGM, and Edifier, among others. Some in the industry have called him the content marketing god.

Speaking, Teaching, Training

Speaking, teaching and training are also activities he is adept at and have had the opportunity to be involved with extensively. He has facilitated sessions by DomainStandard Networks, Datlex, Dragnet, MobiFEST, West Africa Telecom Summit, Enactus Nigeria Innovation Summit, Africa Re, TECNO Mobile, Greenhall Schools, and Rotary Club of Gbagada, among others.

He is a member of the faculty of School Of Innovative Media. And till date, he provides private training and coaching to individuals and small groups.

Mister Mobility, founder of Mobility Nigeria

Claims To Fame

Mister Mobility has been widely acclaimed as one of the most influential persons in digital technology space and is sought after for his knowledge, skills and influence in the areas of mobile, content marketing, and storytelling.

Yomi has been featured extensively in various print, web, and broadcast (TV and radio) media. He has also spoken/featured at high profile mobile technology and entrepreneurship events, including MobiFEST, West Africa Telecom Summit, and Enactus Innovation Summit, Mobile West Africa conference, where he has featured for five (5) consecutive years.

Career Highlights

Here are a few other highlights of his work:

He served on the Business Advisory Board of Enactus, University Of Lagos chapter from 2010 for a few years.
In 2011, he was listed as one of the most influential persons in technology in Nigeria by TechLoy.
He co-hosted the hugely successful Karaoke With A Tweep 2012 event with Africa’s Tweet Queen, Kathleen Ndongmo
He is a four-time YTech100 award winner (2014, 2015, 2016, and 2019), honoured by The Future Awards as one of the 100 most innovative people in Nigeria’s Digital Tech/Media Eco-system each of those years.
SMAA Nominee: In 2014, he was nominated for the Blogger Of The Year category in the Social Media Awards Africa.
#GetStartedAfrica influencer.
He is an Ambassador of the 1Child1Book project, an initiative of Tosin Jegede Foundation.
Served as Managing Director of Celebrating Progress Africa from April 2015 to 2020.
He served as a judge at the West African Mobile Awards (WAMAS) 2016
He was appointed as an Advisory Board member of the Nigeria International Technology Exhibition and Conference (NITEC).
Listed as one of a small class of super-gurus who really know the mobile industry and who tend to be known – and trusted – and quoted – by all the others.
Aspire Coronation Trust (ACT) Foundation volunteer since 2019.

Yomi enjoys writing, speaking, photography, the open road and adventure. He is a lover of mobile devices, music, and dance.

Education and Certifications

Bachelor of Environmental Science and Bachelor of Architecture (post-graduate), from University of Lagos, Akoka (UNILAG)
Certification in Web Development Concepts, from BrainBench
Digital Marketing Certification, from Google
Mobile Sites Certification, from Google
Phonetics and Phonics, from QuintsDiction

Yomi Adegboye on Social Media

He is active on Twitter, Youtube, LinkedIn, and most recently TikTok.