Efe Uwaifo

Efe Uwaifo is an experienced investor currently serving at Defiance Capital since February 2024, and holds the position of Director at OAKHILL PRIME SOLUTIONS LTD since June 2019. Uwaifo co-founded Next Up Ventures from January 2023 to February 2024, and has worked as a Scout at Rise Ventures from September 2022 to September 2023. Additional roles include Sales Strategy & Acquisitions at SaltPay, Analyst positions at Africa Merchant Capital and Berenberg, and a Business Analyst role at 1859 Cloud Limited. Uwaifo began a career in finance with a Sales & Trading Summer Analyst position at Morgan Stanley and has experience as an Analyst at Arabesque Asset Management Ltd. Uwaifo holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics with a Secondary in Philosophy from Harvard University, completed in 2017, and attended Haberdasher's Aske's Boys' School from 2006 to 2013.