Joseph Orya

Joseph Orya is a visionary leader and the Chief Executive Officer of Peddle Innovation labs, a social enterprise committed to transforming education and empowering young minds in Nigeria. With over 11 years of experience in entrepreneurship, social innovation, and human resources development, Joseph has dedicated his career to bridging the educational divide and creating opportunities for those in need.​ Joseph’s journey is deeply rooted in his personal experiences, losing both parents at a young age and having grown up in poverty and faced with the challenges of accessing quality education in a remote village in Nigeria. Fueled by these struggles, he founded Peddle innovation labs with the mission of making quality education and digital skills accessible to young children in poverty and refugee communities.