In 2023, Ozor was appointed Commissioner for Transportation in Enugu State by Peter Mbah, the governor of Enugu State.[4]
Background and education
Ozor was born and raised as the last of eight children in the farming town of Abor in Enugu State, Nigeria.[5][6] He studied biochemistry at the University of Michigan before graduating from the Wharton School of Business.[7][8]
Ozor is also an alumnus of the Harvard Business School, having completed its Owner/President Management program.[9]
At Kobo360, he served as CEO & Board Chair before stepping down in 2023 to focus on his appointment as the Commissioner for Transportation for Enugu State.[11][12][13]
Ozor is also a co-founder and strategic advisor of Fig Finance, a provider of credit infrastructure for emerging markets.[14][15][16]
Awards
In 2019, Ozor received both the Innovator of the Year and Young Business Leader of the Year awards at the CNBC Africa All Africa Business Leaders Awards (AABLA).[17] He was also named the 2019 Disrupter of the Year by the Africa CEO Forum.[18]
In 2020, he was named one of Fortune’s 40 under 40 global technology leaders.[19][20] He was selected to join Endeavor’s global network of high-impact entrepreneurs in the same year.[21][22] Ozor he was also listed as one of Africa’s New Tycoons by Forbes Africa.[23][24]
