Ridiwan Kadiri

Ridiwan Kadiri is Managing Director/CEO of Ethikavest Limited, a Nigerian halal investment company built so that everyday investors can access the capital market without compromising their faith. Ethikavest is approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission as a Digital Sub-Broker (Reg. No. 3199), and every instrument on the platform - Stocks, ETFs and Sukuk - is screened against AAOIFI, DJIM, S&P e.t.c -aligned Shariah standards before it reaches a user. A trained AI engineer, he holds an MSc in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Bath and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD). He brings to halal finance a career spanning from engineering, finance, manufacturing and healthcare - range that shapes how Ethikavest is built: AI-assisted educative engine, real-time Shariah screening that alerts users when an asset's compliance status changes, and access by app, web and USSD, so that ethical investing reaches people beyond those the market already serves well.