Meet Stephen Akintayo, Nigeria renowned entrepreneur and author

Stephen Akintayo is a Nigerian author and Digital Marketing Consultant and the Chief Executive Officer of Gileadbalm Group and Gtext Media and Investment Limited.

And Gileadbalm Group and Gtext Media and Investment Limited is a firm in Nigeria whose service span digital marketing, website design, bulk SMS, e-commerce, and real estate.

Stephen Akintayo was born in the Gonge Area of Maiduguri, Borno State to a family of four children, in a very impoverished environment without electricity.

After his father’s business crumbled, hunger became the biggest challenge of his family, and he started scavenging while in primary school to eat lunch. His mother frequently borrowed money to pay his school fees.

Education

He obtained a bachelor’s degree in Microbiology from Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ogun State, Nigeria. While in 5th year, he started a Student Trade fair on his campus.

He studied Digital Marketing Consultancy at the Digital Marketing Institute and Harvard University. He is currently running Masters In Digital Marketing and MBA in the Netherlands.

CAREER

He started his digital marketing business by doing Bulk SMS for organizations. He later partnered with United Kingdom companies to scale up his business. He subsequently established his GileadBalm group and Gtext Media and Investment limited to serve thousands of clients. He founded Infinity foundation to care for orphans and victims of Boko Haram.

PUBLICATIONS

• Akintayo is the author of:
• Turning Your Mess into Your Message
• Soulmate
• The Mobile Millionaire
• How to Make 7-Income Figure from Bulk SMS

AWARDS

Stephen Akintayo has been  bagged the Outstanding Young Person by Junior Chamber International

Akintayo was equally honored with the Thomas Sankara leadership award as Icon Humility by the leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) and the National Platinum Award of Excellence by the Congress of Nigerian Youth (CONYO) leadership.

According to Akintayo, one of the problems of the continent is that Africans do not honor their heroes while alive; “I am one of them and am still young.

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