Happy 45th birthday Akin Alabi

Happy 45th birthday Akin Alabi was born on the 31st of March 1977 is a Nigerian politician, entrepreneur, author, and philanthropist. He is the author of the best-selling business and marketing books, Small Business Big Money and How To Sell To Nigerians. He is the founder of NairaBET.com, Nigeria's first sports betting company.

Born in Ibadan, Ọyọ State, Nigeria, to Chief and Chief (Mrs) Adediran Alabi, Akin completed his primary education at Command Children School, Ibadan, and secondary school education at Federal Government College Enugu.

Akin Alabi holds a Bachelor of Science in politics and international relations from Lead City University, Ibadan, Oyo State of Nigeria.

He also attended The Polytechnic, Ibadan, where he obtained a Higher National Diploma in business administration.

He holds a Masters of Science (Msc) degree in marketing from the University of Liverpool, United Kingdom. In addition, he also holds a certificate in Intellectual Property Strategy from Harvard University, Boston, United States

Akin Alabi started his business career in 2003 writing and selling books, manuals, and other information products. He then launched his seminar and training company specializing in teaching and consulting for other young people starting their small businesses. He also started publishing a business opportunity newspaper titled Income (now rested). To add to his publishing enterprise, Akin launched World Soccer News, a weekly sports newspaper.

Akin has gone on to build many other businesses from scratch; one of them being NairaBET, Nigeria's first online sports betting portal, with outlets across Nigeria.  Nairabet.com has its headquarters in Lagos with its nationwide operation regulated by the National Lottery Regulatory Commission. NairaBET is Nigeria's first sports betting company.

Akin Alabi is involved in the Nigerian entertainment industry. He is the founder of Nightlife.NG is an online portal that showcases and reports on the nightlife industry in Nigeria.

Akin Alabi is a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). He was once a member of the People's Democratic Party (PDP). He declared his intention to contest for a seat in Nigeria's Federal House of Representatives. On June 20, 2019, Akin Alabi announced that he will be stepping down as CEO of Nairabet to concentrate on his political campaign. On October 5, 2018, Alabi emerged as the All Progressive Congress House of Representatives candidate for the Egbeda/Ona Ara federal constituency in Oyo State for the 2019 general elections.

He is married with children.

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