Luqman is the co-founder and CEO of Itana. Itana (formerly Talent City) is building Africa’s first Digital Free Zone, an online jurisdiction that provides an ideal do-business environment for global startups, technology, and services companies to operate from Nigeria and scale across Africa. Before this role, he was Chief Visionary Officer and Managing Director of Filmo Real Estate, which is one of the leading real estate services and proptech companies in Nigeria, operating in 13 states with 100+ staff strength. In 2018, he was acknowledged by Unite30 as one of the 30 most influential people in Nigeria’s real estate sector.

He previously worked in the UK for leading companies in Technology, Oil & Gas, and Banking before moving back to Nigeria in 2011. He has spent a decade investing, managing, and building tech solutions for large properties, cities, and government authorities.

He has a BSc in Applied Business Management from Imperial College, an MSc in Global Management from the London School of Economics, a Certificate in Finance from The European School of Economics, and completed a post-grad executive program at MIT in Applied Business Analytics. He holds the traditional title of ‘Dan Masanin Sarkin Musulmi’ (Friend to the King and Leader of the Learned) from the 18th Sultan of Sokoto and is a Focal Group member of the Nigerian Federal Government N75billion Youth Investment Fund.