Israel Ihaza

Chief Executive Officer

A Nigerian entrepreneur, founder and chief executive of Oikus, a Lagos-based startup founded in 2024 that is transforming the African property landscape through a data-led social property marketplace. He previously worked at Arnergy Solar and at Africa's Technology Foundation. Oikus is built on creating a smarter and safer way to find a home in Nigeria, combining technology with human verification to address the crisis of trust in the property market. By adding socially derived insight to technology, the company simplifies property transactions and reduces risk in one of Africa's most complex sectors. Oikus was selected as a flagship portfolio company by the Innovate Africa Fund and has since unlocked significant follow-on investment.