CHSG Academy Is Hosting a Design Masterclass in Ogun State That Challenges Who the Most Valuable Person in Tech Really Is

Most conversations in Nigeria’s tech ecosystem center on developers and engineers. CHSG Academy is walking into that room with a different argument.

The academy is hosting “From Canvas to Code,” a design masterclass taking place on Wednesday, July 22, 2026, from 4PM to 6PM at The Bunker, Oke-Ilewo, Ogun State. The session is built around a provocation that the flyer states plainly: the most valuable person in any tech company is not the developer. It is the creative.

The masterclass will be led by Orenaiya Babatunde and Peter Tafu, both listed as design leads at CHSG. The two-hour session covers design thinking, brand psychology, customer experience, brand positioning, and how great design translates directly into business growth. The practical thread running through the agenda is getting designers and business owners to stop thinking about making designs and start thinking about solving business problems.

The event is pitched at a deliberately wide audience: business owners, entrepreneurs, startup founders, graphic designers, UI/UX designers, brand designers, developers, marketers, students, and creatives. That breadth is intentional. The argument CHSG Academy is making is that design thinking is not a skill reserved for people who use Figma or Photoshop. It is a way of approaching problems that anyone building a product, a brand, or a business needs to understand.

For Ogun State’s ecosystem, this kind of event fills a specific gap. Technical skills training is relatively well served across the state’s growing hub network. Events that focus on the intersection of design, brand strategy, and business outcomes are rarer, and the people who show up to this kind of room tend to leave with a different way of seeing their work.

The masterclass is free to attend. Registration details are available at chsgtech.com/academy.