The Ganglion Initiative
Tofunmi Omiye is an accomplished professional currently serving as a Summer Associate at Valia Ventures since July 2022, focusing on early-stage investments across various industries including healthcare and AI/ML. Omiye is also a Graduate Research Assistant at Stanford University School of Medicine, contributing to research in personalized medicine with an emphasis on cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. As Co-Founder of The Ganglion Initiative, Omiye empowers secondary school students in leadership and entrepreneurship. Previously, Omiye held roles such as Threshold Venture Fellow at Threshold Ventures, House Physician at St. Nicholas Hospital in Lagos, and Research Intern at ACEGID. Educational qualifications include a Master of Science in Health Policy from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery from the University of Ibadan.
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The Ganglion Initiative
▶ We were Established in 2017. ▶ Our Mission: is to empower and create a new generation of (Nigerian) youths that will provide sustainable solutions to Africa’s present and future problems through informative and innovative career and education-centered programmes. ▶ Our Vision: is an Africa with a new generation of youths equipped to solve the continent’s problems starting with Nigeria. ▶ We achieve our goals through innovative educational programmes, provision of career counseling, entrepreneurship, leadership and university admission services to pre-university students via our SYNAPSE program, provision of graduate school admission and employment seminars, masterclasses, and boot camps to university students via our SYNAPSE PLUS program, publication of educational materials that will improve the state of quality education in Nigeria and Africa, creation of intellectual role models through platforms such as quiz competitions, spelling bees, debates, science fairs, entrepreneurship challenges, etc, rewarding school administrators and teachers that have positively impacted the lives of students, as well as a host of other activities that are in line with the vision of the organisation, to build an Africa with a new generation of youths equipped to provide solutions to the continent’s problems. ▶ We have reached 8175+ students. ▶ A volunteer base of 200+. ▶ Focus: Providing solutions to the world via empowered and equipped youths.