Oduntan Stephen, popularly known as Sir Steve is a serial tech entrepreneur, entrepreneurial ecosystem builder, graphics designer, video editor, web developer and also an artist. Stephen started his entrepreneurial journey when he was 15 with the creation of StevePlanet, a website for coding for developers. Today, Stephen is the Founder and CEO at SirsteveMEDIA, a music & entertainment website for African Creatives, described by Konbini as "one of the best online music streaming & download website in Africa", and identified by IFC as one of the startups "that could speed up innovation in Africa".
Since Stephen was 18, he has Founded, grown, and sold two Popular Websites, including Gistsvilla, a Nigerian based online gists community with over 1-million registered users within three years. He has been described as one of the "Young innovators making Africa great in 2016" and since he was 13, he has been learning to code.
LIFESTYLE
Stephen began public speaking as a keynote speaker at IT Leaders West Africa Summit 2013, where he spoke on the role of social media and mobile in developing nations. Today, Stephen mentors young entrepreneurs on Web Development, Social marketing, SEO, Graphics Designs, Video Editing through platforms like LinkedIn, Online Learning, and Other social media communication. He was selected by a large audience voting system to be the president of NCG (Nigeria Cyber Guru) in 2015. His startups (Publications) have been featured in several media publications, like Africa Business Review and TechCrunch, for their strides in the tech ecosystem. See Here.
Aside the tech skills he acquired, Stephen also have full passion for music, As he his aiming to be one of the rising gospel music artist in Africa. He loves all genre of music - Afrobeats, Afropop, hip-hop, Gqom, Kwaito, Highlife, Makossa, Pop, Bongo Flava, Hiplife, Gospel etc. Stephen has been working on projects in the music industry and has been entertaining his audience on social media. He his not just a singer, he his also a rapper. Talk less about his passion for blogging, Stephen also owns a YouTube Channel - Sir Steve HQ, In which he started during the COVID-19 lockdown, and has been getting engagement. In a wrap, Stephen loves the internet, maximize its time to entertain, learn and build a great stand.