Meet the Nigerian Web Design Standard (NWDS) Advisory Committee Members
The Nigerian Web Design Standard (NWDS) advisory committee members are tasked with creating a set of standardised design principles, frameworks, and guidelines for all government websites.
Last week, Nigeria’s Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, revealed the members of the Advisory Committee of the Nigerian Web Design Standard (NWDS) project.
The advisory committee—made up of Kene Udeze, Ibrahim Bashir, Mitchelle Chibundu, and Clive Ayonye—is tasked with creating “a visual style that will offer a unique and user-friendly design for Nigerian websites and digital assets, allowing for consistency across multiple touch points,” the minister noted.
Kene Udeze, in a social media post about his new appointment, wrote, “Sometimes you are called to serve. This one feels profoundly different. I am deeply honoured to have been appointed to serve on this advisory committee for [the] Nigerian Web Design Standards project. The opportunity to contribute to defining guidelines that will shape the user experience of government-owned digital platforms across our country is equal parts humbling, exciting and if I'm being honest, terrifying.”
He added, “I'm incredibly grateful to the Minister, Dr. Bosun Tijani & his team for their consideration and the appointment. I look forward to collaborating with the Agency, fellow committee members and the executing team to establish standards that, when implemented, will make government-owned digital services more inclusive, accessible and usable for all Nigerians.”
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In her announcement post, Mitchelle Chibundu wrote, “I’m starting the week with the exciting opportunity of being appointed to the advisory committee for the Nigeria Website Design Standards (NWDS) project, initiated by the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy in collaboration with NITDA (National Information Technology Development Agency).”
She added, “This initiative focuses on creating standardised design principles and guidelines for Nigerian government websites to improve accessibility, user experience, and transparency.
“I’m delighted to collaborate with a new set of talented people, contribute my expertise to this critical project, and play a part in shaping Nigeria's digital future.
“Thank you to Dr. ‘Bosun Tijani for this opportunity and to everyone who supports and speaks highly of my work. I truly appreciate you all.”
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Meet the Nigerian Web Design Standard (NWDS) Advisory Committee Members
Kene Udeze
Kene is a product designer and community organiser. He is currently a Senior Product Designer at IKEA, where he works with teams to help many people design their physical spaces & progress through home furnishing journeys.
Before joining IKEA, he contributed to design at Booking.com, led design at CcHUB—one of Africa’s leading innovation & technology incubators founded by Dr. Bosun Tijani—and collaborated with startups across diverse verticals.
Kene leads Usable Community, a community of Humans who are interested in building products that are both beautiful and functional. Kene is also the publisher of Origin Stories, a collection of narratives that capture how different people started their design careers.
Mitchelle Chibundu
Mitchelle is the founder of Designer Babe, a creative brand—with over 50k members—that educates and inspires the next generation of people in technology.
With multiple certifications from the Interaction Design Foundation and over seven years of experience in the Fintech industry, Mitchelle has worked at some of the world's biggest and most innovative companies such as Wise, Flutterwave, and most recently Ledger, where she was a product design lead for payments.
At Wise, she designed effortless support experiences to enable people to spend money without borders.
At Flutterwave, where she was a founding designer, she led the mobile design team and launched the first mobile product to empower African business merchants. She also contributed to the expansion and advocacy of the design team, from 2 to 15 members.
Mitchelle is also a published author of two bestselling design books: “Clueless To Designer,” and “Dear Designer, Write Journal.”
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Ibrahim Bashir
Ibrahim, a generalist with over 26 years of experience across product development, business analysis, and strategy, is a Business Analyst at Bolt. He is also a Partner/Founder at Dillali, an income and expense management tool tailored for SMEs, serving over 20k users.
In the past, Ibrahim has led product development on over 100 web projects, including for clients like MTN Nigeria, Ekiti/Jigawa State Governments, and The Infrastructure Bank. He has also worked with diverse companies, including Tavia Technologies, Suburban Group, AMA Investment & Infrastructure Holdings, and Abuja Technology Village FZC.
Through 525 Ventures, an advisory firm he co-founded, Ibrahim advises early-stage startups and helps them move from idea to product and beyond.
When he is not building products or advising startups, Ibrahim says you’ll find him behind the lens as an enthusiastic photographer. “From food to travel, I capture life’s moments through my camera,” he notes.
Clive Ayonye
Clive is a Senior Product Designer with over 11 years of experience building products and leading design teams. He is currently a Senior Product Designer at Meta.
Before joining Meta, Clive led the UX team responsible for designing payment experiences for Booking.com, the world’s largest accommodation platform. Before Booking.com, he led product and UX design at Konga, where his team was responsible for creating a consistent user experience across Konga’s web and mobile platforms, as well as its marketplace services.
