Hi, I’m Jone Lee

I created Obichi PitchLab to help young innovators and final-year students bridge the gap between ideas and implementation — transforming academic projects and research findings into market-ready products and startups.

PitchLab is a hands-on learning and venture-building platform where participants learn how to identify real problems, validate ideas, build prototypes, and pitch for investment or incubation opportunities.
Each cycle combines mentorship, workshops, and practical assignments that guide participants from concept to launch, supported by a network of industry experts, investors, and coaches.

Through the program, I aim to nurture a generation of student innovators and early founders who can translate classroom ideas into enterprises that create jobs, solve local challenges, and contribute to Africa’s innovation economy.

I designed and currently co-implement IP SALAYE (Intellectual Property Skill Acquisition Learning and Youth Empowerment) — a WIPO Nigeria initiative — to help young innovators, entrepreneurs, and creators understand how to use intellectual property (IP) as a tool for wealth creation, business growth, and sustainable development.

The initiative focuses on IP awareness, capacity building, and commercialization, empowering participants to identify, protect, and profit from their creative and innovative outputs.
Through interactive workshops, mentorship, and case-based learning, we demystify IP and show how it directly contributes to innovation, job creation, and national competitiveness.

IP SALAYE has trained hundreds of entrepreneurs, innovators, and students across Nigeria, equipping them with the knowledge and confidence to leverage IP rights, turning ideas into valuable assets and sustainable enterprises.
By helping young people see IP not as a legal formality but as a strategic tool for value creation, IP SALAYE is redefining the innovation mindset across Africa.

I created the RECAP Fellowship to help researchers and innovators move from ideas to impact, transforming academic findings and scientific breakthroughs into products, policies, and ventures that solve real problems.

Through RECAP, I mentor researchers to understand and apply the principles of research commercialization, intellectual property protection, and innovation management, helping them bring their work to market sustainably.
The program combines expert-led workshops, mentorship sessions, and commercialization labs that guide participants through identifying value, protecting it, and building ventures that drive economic and social growth.

RECAP is uniquely structured to reach researchers within their institutions, through on-site training workshops that engage faculty and research teams directly.
In addition, a 10-week online variant connects participants from multiple universities, offering an intensive and collaborative learning experience that fosters cross-institutional exchange and national impact.

By connecting academia with industry, RECAP builds a bridge between knowledge creation and value creation, cultivating a new generation of researcher-entrepreneurs who transform discovery into development and innovation into enterprise.