Meet Adeyemi Ajao — the man who took on Zuckerberg
Adeyemi Ajao, one of Spain’s most prolific entrepreneurs, sat down with Sifted to talk social media, big data and how to fix Spain’s innovation problems
It’s easy to forget that, once upon a time, social media was something of a free-for-all.
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Adeyemi Ajao (left) and his brother Adetona (right)
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Adeyemi Ajao and the Base10 Partners team
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