Michael Jidael is a product leader and entrepreneur with over 8 years of experience building products across fintech, AI, SaaS, and enterprise systems. He started his first company at 22 while still at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, and has since developed focus on taking AI- native products from zero to one, at the layer where the hardest problems exist. He is the Co-Founder and CEO of Nexenda, a frontier AI research and product company headquartered in Abuja, Nigeria, with a mission to build advanced AI systems that remain safe, steerable, and human-centered as they scale in capability, and ultimately position Africa as a co-creator in shaping the future of artificial intelligence.