The Life and Times of Teejay, according to people whose lives his code touched

On March 4, 2025,  Adetunji ‘Teejay’ Opaleye, Bumpa’s chief technical officer, was returning from a gym in Victoria Island, Lagos, when a careless driver hit him.  He died in the early hours of the following day from a lack of timely medical intervention, a cruel end for the 32-year-old engineer, whose startup worked to digitise e-commerce for thousands of informal traders across the…