Hi, I'm John Babalola.

I build products, shape ideas and help capital move towards a sustainable, flourishing future.

Sustainable finance · Product · Creativity

About me Just curious? Follow the thread ↓

The thread: human flourishing

Helping people and places thrive around the worldHelping people and places thrive around the worldHelping people and places thrive around the worldHelping people and places thrive around the worldHelping people and places thrive around the worldHelping people and places thrive around the worldHelping people and places thrive around the worldHelping people and places thrive around the worldHelping people and places thrive around the worldHelping people and places thrive around the worldHelping people and places thrive around the worldHelping people and places thrive around the world

LondonLagosAbujaMumbaiWashington, D.C.São PauloNew DelhiManchesterNairobiKanoBrasíliaShanghaiBeijingIstanbulCairoNew YorkCanberraSydneyKinshasaMombasaRiyadhKarachiJakartaMedellínPretoriaNaplesGuatemala CityJohannesburgAstanaHo Chi Minh CityParisDubaiAccraDetroitOttawaLaeIslamabadKumasiAddis AbabaKolkataBuenos AiresRecifeTokyoGlasgowRabatGomaWellingtonSurabayaYaoundéAleppoAbu DhabiTorontoManilaAucklandLusakaTimbuktuHavanaChittagongTashkentEl AltoBerlinMarseilleDakarPort HarcourtMexico CityChengduDhakaJeddahKampalaChicagoLimaDarwinSeoulAlexandriaAlgiersLahoreSuvaManausLuandaBirminghamDohaBulawayoHanoiYangonHarareMosulKingstonOaxacaMadridDoualaFreetownCebuKathmanduNew OrleansKigaliKharkivBogotáCasablancaUlaanbaatarAlmatyTunisHeratPort MoresbySalvadorAmmanKisumuBangkokChennaiGaboroneCuscoPanama CityBelfastRomeAgadezMonroviaShenzhenDodomaMonterreySantiagoIbadanAnkaraMandalaySingaporeVancouverMaputoGdańskPort-au-PrinceDurbanStockholmSamarkandYamoussoukroRio de JaneiroQuitoTamaleTehranOsakaKuala LumpurBradfordWarsawLubumbashiCaracasBusanAthensZanzibar CityDublinPortoLisbonMaiduguriKyivGuluOsloBeiraEnuguCape TownBamendaMekelleLondonLagosAbujaMumbaiWashington, D.C.São PauloNew DelhiManchesterNairobiKanoBrasíliaShanghaiBeijingIstanbulCairoNew YorkCanberraSydneyKinshasaMombasaRiyadhKarachiJakartaMedellínPretoriaNaplesGuatemala CityJohannesburgAstanaHo Chi Minh CityParisDubaiAccraDetroitOttawaLaeIslamabadKumasiAddis AbabaKolkataBuenos AiresRecifeTokyoGlasgowRabatGomaWellingtonSurabayaYaoundéAleppoAbu DhabiTorontoManilaAucklandLusakaTimbuktuHavanaChittagongTashkentEl AltoBerlinMarseilleDakarPort HarcourtMexico CityChengduDhakaJeddahKampalaChicagoLimaDarwinSeoulAlexandriaAlgiersLahoreSuvaManausLuandaBirminghamDohaBulawayoHanoiYangonHarareMosulKingstonOaxacaMadridDoualaFreetownCebuKathmanduNew OrleansKigaliKharkivBogotáCasablancaUlaanbaatarAlmatyTunisHeratPort MoresbySalvadorAmmanKisumuBangkokChennaiGaboroneCuscoPanama CityBelfastRomeAgadezMonroviaShenzhenDodomaMonterreySantiagoIbadanAnkaraMandalaySingaporeVancouverMaputoGdańskPort-au-PrinceDurbanStockholmSamarkandYamoussoukroRio de JaneiroQuitoTamaleTehranOsakaKuala LumpurBradfordWarsawLubumbashiCaracasBusanAthensZanzibar CityDublinPortoLisbonMaiduguriKyivGuluOsloBeiraEnuguCape TownBamendaMekelle

Human flourishing is the thread that runs through the products I build, the ideas I write about, the things I create and the limits I push.

Four strands of the same thread.

Pick the one that brought you here.

If you work in sustainable finance Extra-financial risk across markets Climate, nature, social and geopolitical risk, and the AREA product I own at Verisk Maplecroft. If you build products Products that grow with their users By day I own AREA, a risk data product used by investors. Alongside it, I'm testing a venture that asks: can a network business grow with the people in it, not against them? If you're here for ideas or a speaker Thinking in public Essays, research and talks, plus a speaker bio for organisers. If you're here for creative work Ideas in motion A book, a venture and African Cinema Classics.