Osarumen Osamuyi

Osarumen Osamuyi is a technology analyst based in Lagos, Nigeria. He has spent the past decade understanding how technology and venture capital are reshaping Africa.

In 2018, he founded The Subtext, a research firm bringing clarity to complex strategic decisions for business leaders. The Subtext specializes in long-view analysis of the growth and impact of technology, with published research on internet adoption, mobile commerce, mobility, logistics, and venture capital.

Osarumen's experience includes early-stage VC (Ventures Platform and DFS Lab), international expansion strategy (Africa's Talking, Kenya), and most recently, partnerships at Meta, where he enabled social selling for WhatsApp and Instagram merchants in EMEA.

He serves on the advisory board of TechCabal Insights, having first joined TechCabal as a reporter in 2015.