Tag: Adeola Ajayi Foundation

Basketball helped him survive poverty; now Adeola Ajay is rooting for other children to rise in his home country

By Tommy Felts / February 20, 2026

When school let out each day, young Adeola Ajayi didn’t get to go home or outside to play. Instead, he clocked in for a job he created for himself, selling seasonal produce with his brother by an African roadside so their family wouldn’t go hungry.  “Survival was the daily priority,” Ajayi said of his upbringing…

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