Joseph Akinnagbe

International Economics & Finance Student,
University of Manchester
 
NUS/ Endsleigh Student of the Year 2010

Joseph Akinnagbe moved from Lagos, Nigeria in 2008 to study a BA in Economics and Finance at the University of Manchester.  

Along with being a student he’s also an aspiring entrepreneur, strategist, student activist and community volunteer.

Joseph’s achievements have been well recognised – the latest being the first international student to be awarded the NUS/Endsleigh UK Student of the Year. He was also the youngest ever President of Manchester Entrepreneurs, an organisation he built to be the largest university entrepreneur network in the North of the UK, with membership of over 2000 and led to winning the 2010 best UK Entrepreneurship Society by the National Council of Graduate Entrepreneurs and National Enterprise Educators. 

He is passionate about empowering others and his activities spread deep into the community, including teaching IT skills to disadvantaged kids and supporting a campaign to help sufferers of Lupus. 

Joseph’s innovation and impact in the community have led to him being granted several awards and bursaries including a Manchester Leadership Gold Award. 

Joseph is also an accomplished student leader, having been elected unto several representative positions including the union executive as the International Students’ Officer at the University of Manchester, the University with the largest number of International students in the UK. 

Recently, Joseph was one of only 24 recipients of a British council international students’ award out of over 1200 entries in recognition of his achievements since coming to the UK in September 2008.

In July 2011 Joseph graduated from the University of Manchester with a first class in BA Economics specialising in Economics and Finance. He ranked in the top 10 out of 687 students on the BA Economics programme.