Greatness definitely runs in his family. We know his mother, Stella Adadevoh, the heroine doctor who lost her life in the fight against Ebola. His mother’s great-grandfather is Herbert Macaulay and she was also the grand niece of Nnamdi Azikiwe. Listed by Forbes as one of the 30 Most Promising Young Entrepreneurs In Africa, Bankole Cardoso is also a great man.
With how over-populated Lagos is, it gets very difficult moving about. A ten-minute distance could very easily become a one-hour journey. Bankole saw this problem and instead of complaining like others, he sought a solution.
He wanted a simple way to aid commuting in Lagos and standardize pricing of taxis around the country. This was how he started Easy Taxi in Nigeria. With an app available for smartphones, users could connect to the drivers closest to them, get the drivers’ information and track the driver on the map in real time.
Present in 30 countries, Nigeria was the first country to launch it in Africa. It currently has a network of over 400 drivers in Lagos with services extended to Abuja.
The young man believed in his dream and put in the work needed for it. He would wake up early, put on flip flops and drive around Lagos talking to different taxi drivers and explaining the Easy Taxi application to them. Now, Easy Taxi is one of the most taxi apps in Lagos and Abuja.
Though he resigned as CEO of the company early this year, he has said that there will no be burned bridge between them, only an opportunity for him to take on new projects.
The proud son of a doctor father, Afolabi Emmanuel Cardoso, and a medical doctor mother, Stella Adadevoh was born some 27 years ago.
He had always had a strong interest in business. So, when he was just 21, he became a 2010 graduate of Accounting and Business Management from Boston College, US. Before then, he attended Corona school, Ikoyi for his primary school, and Grange Secondary School, both in Lagos, before going to Rugby School in the United Kingdom for his GCSE and A-Levels.
On graduating, he moved to New York to work with Carlyle Group and as an associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC), where he earned his CPA (Certified Public Accountant) credentials.
Although still affiliated with the company, he stepped down as the CEO of Easy Taxi in January, 2015.
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