He was formerly the General Manager of Sony Music Entertainment, West Africa.

[4] He founded Freeme Digital limited in 2013[5] and in 2020, he became the first Nigerian to be appointed to the board of the Merlin Network.

[8] Ugwu has investments in multiple start-up companies including Shecluded,[9] Coin Profile, Buycoins Africa, Atide Solutions and Spendify.

[10] Ugwu has been accused by YCEE of unethical or unfair business practices.

[11][12][13] He was dismissed from iROKING allegedly over issues involving working with a competing service.