Aniekeme Umoh

Aniekeme Umoh is the Chief Operating Officer at the uLesson Group, overseeing operations for uLesson K12 and Miva Open University. uLesson K12 was Fast Company’s 2023 #1 Most Innovative Company in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The app has over 5m downloads, and in 2024, the company executed Nigeria's largest-ever edtech deal.

Miva is Nigeria’s first operational private online university with 4,000+ students enrolled in its first year of launch. The group has over 300 employees and students in all 36 states and 31 international locations.  As COO, Aniekeme oversees business and academic operations, strategy, instructional design, data and analytics, and the project management office.  

For three years, Aniekeme ran a boutique admissions consultancy, helping a client base that was 90% African get into the top US business schools and over $600,000 in scholarships. Before returning to Nigeria in 2023, Aniekeme worked across several industries at companies like Peloton, Evercore and PwC in New York City.  

She earned a BS in chemical engineering from Columbia University and an MBA in Operations, Information and Decisions from The Wharton School.

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