The Table
Thirty curated guests. One sharp question. Every two months, in Abeokuta. Moderated by Ogagun, recorded so the room can report back to everyone who wasn’t there.
Disagree well.
Every seat is earned by having a position, not by having the loudest one. You come to argue, not to perform.
No audience.
Thirty chairs, nothing more. There is no back row. Everyone at the table is expected to speak.
Off the record is honoured.
The table is recorded. What’s said travels as clips and quotes. But say the words “off the record” and it won’t be published.
One question, all night.
No panel-hopping topics. One sharp question, argued properly, for as long as it takes.
Mathew “Ogagun” Oguntayo
Convener · Managing Director, Bluespectra Technologies
Mathew doesn’t moderate to find the middle. He moderates so every position is heard at full strength, and then tested.
His working week moves between the founder who wants to move fast, the institution that needs it to be safe, and the engineer who has to make it real – three people who rarely agree and are usually each partly right. That is the credential for this room.
He is Managing Director of Bluespectra Technologies, a technology firm based in Abeokuta with clients around the world. With more than thirteen years in the industry, he leads engineering teams building enterprise platforms and fintech products, advises early-stage founders across West Africa, and guides established businesses through digital transformation.
Thirty voices, deliberately mismatched.
Builders sit next to skeptics. Bankers next to students. Every table is curated for genuine disagreement, not an echo chamber with better lighting. The mix is the point.