Okechukwu Ofili was born in Nigeria in 1981. He attended primary and secondary school in Lagos and Ogun states respectively and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Houston, in the United States of America, where he was recognized as the top 5 most outstanding Engineering seniors in his class.

Okechukwu is a 4-time TEDx speaker, one of Venture Africa’s 40 African Innovators to watch, listed on the Quartz Africa 2016 Innovators list, author of 4 bestselling books including “How Intelligence Kills” and the children's book "Afro: The Girl With The Magical hair" published by Nigerian publishers Farafina/Kachifo.

He is an international blogger and the CEO and co-founder of OkadaBooks.com, the fastest growing mobile book reading app in Africa with over 200,000 users growing at a rate of 5,000 users per month.