Dr Samuel Farohunbi: The Nigerian AI Educator Building Technology for Jobs, Creators and the Next Generation of Innovators

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Dr Samuel Farohunbi, a Nigerian AI educator, is building technology platforms like Freebyz and Payhankey to create jobs and opportunities for creators. Read More:…

With more than 9,500 young people mentored, two technology platforms serving a growing global audience and a student-led healthcare innovation reaching the Grand Finale of an international competition in London, Dr Samuel Farohunbi is connecting education, entrepreneurship and artificial intelligence in ways that are creating opportunities beyond the classroom.

What if a graduate could build a professional website, get a domain, showcase their skills and attract employers without paying thousands of dollars to a web developer? What if a young content creator could earn from their creativity without first having to build a massive social media following? And what if university students could turn an idea developed during their studies into a healthcare innovation recognised on an international stage?

These are some of the problems Nigerian academic and technology entrepreneur, Dr Samuel Farohunbi, is working to solve.

Through Freebyz, he is building an employment and talent marketplace that helps people find jobs, showcase their skills and build professional websites using AI. Through Payhankey, he is developing a creator platform that helps people turn their content, audiences and communities into income. Both products have mobile applications available on Google Play.

But Farohunbi’s work extends beyond building technology products. As an AI educator, academic and Director of the Career Centre at Thomas Adewumi University (TAU), he has mentored more than 9,500 Nigerian youths in entrepreneurship, artificial intelligence and digital marketing.

His work has also helped more than 3,000 TAU students access professional learning opportunities, collectively earning over 8,000 certifications from international learning platforms.

Now, one of the student innovation projects he has mentored, Medpatch, has reached the Grand Finale of the 2026 NextGen Innovation Challenge in London.

For Farohunbi, these achievements are connected. Whether he is teaching AI, helping a graduate…

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