Chief Executive Officer
Great Business Platforms
Founder and CEO of Great Business Platforms — a technology-enabled corporate finance boutique mobilising and structuring developmental finance for transformational infrastructure across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Sam Onigbanjo
CEO & Founder
His work sits at the intersection of corporate finance, strategic advisory, and intelligent technology — combining financial structuring capability with a deep commitment to African development.
Sam Onigbanjo is a business strategist, development finance practitioner, and technology-enabled advisory leader. As CEO of Great Business Platforms, he works with governments, public sector institutions, development finance institutions, and global investors to mobilise capital for nationally significant infrastructure projects across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Sam Onigbanjo brings a foundation in venture finance from the Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford, complemented by deep experience in business strategy, corporate development, and investment structuring. This combination of academic rigour and practical financial expertise underpins his leadership of Great Business Platforms and its work across Sub-Saharan Africa.
With a strong background in technology and artificial intelligence, Sam integrates intelligent platforms and AI-enhanced processes into the advisory and capital mobilisation work of Great Business Platforms. This technology-enabled approach improves efficiency, strengthens analysis, and accelerates project preparation for infrastructure and development finance mandates.
Sam Onigbanjo is an experienced speaker and communicator, articulating complex development finance, infrastructure investment, and strategic capital themes to diverse audiences including government officials, institutional investors, development partners, and international stakeholders.
With extensive cross-border experience spanning Africa and the diaspora, Sam is committed to bridging global capital with African development priorities. His work focuses on strengthening the connection between international investors, development finance institutions, and the governments and institutions driving infrastructure development across the continent.
Sam's leadership philosophy centres on creating long-term institutional value through disciplined financial thinking, strategic clarity, and purposeful execution. He believes that the most important infrastructure projects in Africa can attract global capital when they are properly structured, strategically positioned, and supported by credible, technology-enabled advisory.
The most important infrastructure projects in Africa can attract global capital when they are properly structured, strategically positioned, and supported by credible, technology-enabled advisory.— Sam Onigbanjo, CEO, Great Business Platforms
To discuss a project, partnership, or speaking engagement, reach out to the Great Business Platforms team.