Ayodeji Balogun (born Ayodeji Olaleye Balogun in 1983) is a Nigerian entrepreneur, commodity trader and CEO of AFEX,[1] Nigeria's first private sector commodities exchange, and tech-enabled Agriculture Company.

[4] Balogun was born in Ijebu-ode, Ogun state, Nigeria.

[5] He holds a diploma in Heavy Equipment Engineering from Penn Foster University, Scranton and (B.Eng.)

[7] Balogun began his career as an analyst with Unilever Nigeria Plc and later became an associate at Doreo Partners where he contributed to the development of Nigeria’s Agriculture Transformation Plan in 2011.

He was the Regional Director, Africa Exchange Holdings for West Africa and then became the Country Manager for AFEX Commodities Exchange Limited (AFEX) in July 2014.