Peace Itimi
is on a mission to grow people and businesses using her skills, knowledge and voice.
About Peace
Peace is multifaceted.
She has spent the last eight years leading marketing teams or consulting on growth for companies like Smile ID, Seedstars, Korapay, and Africhange, building for Africa and emerging markets. When she's not at her day job, Peace is a dedicated storyteller and teacher.
On YouTube, she has created hundreds of videos focused on teaching business, marketing or life principles and interviewing African founders on the show "Founders Connect". Peace is the executive producer and director of Innovating Africa Documentary, chronically the rise of tech in Nigeria over the last 15 years. Peace has built a brand as a global thought leader.
As an experienced trainer, Peace has impacted the lives of thousands through her courses on platforms like Udemy and her previous work, training for Google Digital Skills, Facebook for Creators, Digital Marketing Insitute, and the British Council, amongst others. She's also a mentor for startups in the Google for Startups Accelerator Africa, Seedstars Growth Program and an active angel investor.
Peace is passionate about teaching, mentoring, and empowering individuals personally and professionally and working with founders to ideate and execute sustainable growth strategies.
Peace cares deeply about creating a platform for people to tell genuine and authentic stories, believing that stories can transcend generations and foster meaningful impact.
Peace loves Afrobeats and classical music (especially Yanni); she loves cycling, swimming, watching feel-good movies, and travelling.
Chief Storyteller and Community Builder of Founders Connect
Founders Connect is a platform for black builders. Our mission is threefold: to amplify their stories, curate educational resources and events (both online and offline) to foster growth, and cultivate a supportive community where they can engage, interact, and never feel alone.
Through our platform, witness the inspiring journeys of African entrepreneurs as they share insights into their entrepreneurial paths and the innovative products/companies they are building.
How I: The Series
Aside from Founders Connect, I also created the 'How I' Show.
How I is a series filmed in a monologue-style featiring remarkable guests from different backgrounds who tell their personal stories of self-discovery, challenges and truimph. Through heartfelt storytelling, this shows aims to inspire, uplift and connect viewers with diverse human experiences and stories.
In the news
Press mentions about my career featuring stories on founders connect, my marketing career and more.
Techpoint Africa
How Peace Itimi tells the story of tech evolution in Nigeria through her Innovating Africa documentary
TechNext
How Peace Itimi grew a platform to tell African tech stories to almost 25,000 subscribers (2023)
Ventures Africa
Peace Itimi’s Journey to Content Creation & Growth (2022)
Benjamin Dada
What happened at Founders’ Connect inaugural physical event
Bella Naija
Peace Itimi Interviewed Author Seth Godin & There’s a lot to Learn from the Session | Watch
Tech Cabal
Peace Itimi: From Nigeria to the UK in search of peace
Zikoko
The Elevator: I Abandoned My Medicine Dreams To Chase Digital Marketing – Peace Itimi