{"id":63091,"date":"2025-03-20T17:13:48","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T17:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=63091"},"modified":"2025-03-20T17:13:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T17:13:48","slug":"accident-claims-bumpa-co-founder-adetunji-opayeles-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/03\/20\/accident-claims-bumpa-co-founder-adetunji-opayeles-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Accident Claims Bumpa Co-Founder Adetunji Opayele&#8217;s life\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian startup community is reeling from the sudden loss of Adetunji \u2018TeeJay\u2019 Opayele, Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of retail automation startup Bumpa.<\/p>\n<p>Opayele tragically passed away on March 5, 2025, following a car accident in Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>His death has left a deep void in the tech world, where he was known not just for his brilliance but for his passion and commitment to empowering small businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Opayele, a law graduate from Obafemi Awolowo University, co-founded Bumpa in 2020 with Kelvin Umechukwu.<\/p>\n<p>Together, they revolutionized retail operations, raising $4 million in seed funding and integrating Bumpa with Meta platforms to support thousands of small businesses.<\/p>\n<p>In an emotional tribute, Umechukwu described Opayele as more than a business partner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe wasn\u2019t just a co-founder; he was my friend, my brother, my fight partner,\u201d Umechukwu shared.<\/p>\n<p>Opayele\u2019s contributions extended beyond Bumpa. He had a remarkable career in software development, working at E-Settlement and founding HostCabal before building Bumpa.<\/p>\n<p>His legacy will continue through an AI assistant, \u201cTeejay,\u201d to carry on his vision of solving business challenges.<\/p>\n<p>As Bumpa mourns the loss of its visionary leader, the startup community reflects on the impact of a man whose dedication to innovation and growth will not soon be forgotten.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal The Nigerian startup community is reeling from the sudden loss of Adetunji \u2018TeeJay\u2019 Opayele, Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of retail automation startup Bumpa. Opayele tragically passed away on March 5, 2025, following a car accident in Lagos. His death has left a deep void in the tech world, where he was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":63092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63091"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63093,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63091\/revisions\/63093"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}