Joshua Akíntúndé

My job is to do whatever needs to be done.

By , I'm a product manager at Kudy Financials, working across tech, fund operations, compliance, client experience, and comms. By , I chase side quests: communities I started with friends, young people I coach, and whatever idea won't leave me alone that week. It's how I learn: wake up and start doing.

All of it points at one thing: a more productive Africa. We don't lack effort; too much of it gets lost in weak systems. I want to build the institutions that turn that effort into something that lasts, so people get more out of their work, not just more busy. Lately that means designing work for people and AI agents together: agents take the routine, people keep the judgment, and every action stays accountable. Read about my operating system here.

By daynight

Kudy FinancialsI lead product and communications at an investment firm working across three countries and multiple currencies. I connect the tech team with what the business and our clients need: shaping requirements, coordinating delivery, and keeping the investor app and the experience around it moving together. From the app to how we speak to clients, I shape what Kudy builds and how it shows up. Read moreRead less2021 to now
Project 31A community Bitcoin accumulation programme built on steady monthly saving. I manage the operations. I help turn a community idea into a dependable experience for its members, across the product, the communications, and the coordination that keep it running. Read moreRead less2025 to now
Fronteira StudiosI run operations across the masterclasses, advisory engagements, and MentorshipX cohorts. I coordinate the people, communications, and delivery behind each one, so every session, engagement, and cohort actually happens. Read moreRead lessApril 2026 to now

By night:, , , , ,

  • NextGen admin systemI built the admin management system for Harvesters Abuja Children's Church.BuilderOngoing
  • MentorshipXHelping run a mentorship programme for young men on money, career, and who they could become.Operations2021 to nowmentorshipx.co
  • Ipress LeadershipCoaching teenagers on identity, friendships, family, feelings, and money.Coach2026@ipress_leadership
  • GirlLEADTaught product management to young women getting into tech. I learned as much as they did.Facilitator2025
  • The PlaygroundA charity games carnival in Lagos that got grown-ups playing like kids again.Contributor2023@beattheplayground
  • Being the ProductA community for doers, creators, dreamers, and passion project-preneurs. A space for anyone ready to turn ideas into reality.Contributor2021 to 2023@beingtheproduct
  • Mosaic NGA storytelling project. I sourced the interviews and wrote the Business Fails series.Cofounder2020@mosaicngofficial
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Things I've built

Things I built because I needed them, and still run every week.

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The NextGen dashboard: guests to welcome, follow up calls, and Sunday check in totals. Demo interface with synthetic data.
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NextGen admin system

The system that runs Sunday operations for Harvesters Abuja Children's Church, from the first visit to the weekly report.

On Sunday it runs the morning itself: check in and pickup for the children, self check in for the teens, and live class rolls for teachers. Through the week it supports follow up, tracking every guest family on the way to membership and showing the pastoral team which families haven’t been in for a while. And it runs the ministry’s workforce and reporting, with a database of workers, their attendance, early warnings when attendance drops, and Sunday reports and trend charts for the leaders.

Made withReact, TypeScript, Supabase
The word Dembe in white on black, beside a dimly lit portrait.
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Dembe

My personal chief of staff, CFO, and strategist, built on AI and run every day.

Most mornings, before my day begins, Dembe has already read my calendar, my tasks and my inbox, and my brief is waiting for me. It is my chief of staff, keeping my commitments moving; my CFO, watching my financial health and keeping my goals on course; and my strategist, testing the big decisions before I make them. It knows my world, and the final call is always mine.

How I work with AI

Where I've been

School

  • MSc Information Technology, LAUTECHThesis on what shapes entrepreneurs' adoption of generative AI2025
  • BSc Industrial Physics, Covenant UniversityThesis modelling a solar combined cycle power plant for Nigeria's grid2020

Musings

This is where I think out loud about the productivity gap: how people, businesses, and institutions get more out of their effort, money, tools, and talent. Working thoughts, not final answers.