Virtue Oboro

Virtue Oboro is a Nigerian entrepreneur, and co-founder of Tiny Hearts Technology. In 2016, she developed and launched Crib ‘A Glow, an LED-lit portable crib that treats jaundice utilizing solar energy, and patented the innovation in 2017.

Virtue serves as campaign coordinator for Yellow Alert Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to training nurses, midwives, and community health workers across rural Nigeria. She volunteers for the Olive Mentorship Program, Education Africa Foundation, and the Lutheran Refugee Program. Thereafter she earned a master's degree from Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom.

Tiny Hearts Company The Tiny Hearts Technology company was established by Virtue and her husband, Ezoukumo Oboro. The company manufactures Crib A'Glow, a solar-powered device to treat neonatal jaundice as well as incubators and diaper rash creams for preterm babies. The innovation is recognized around the world and has saved 550,000 babies in more than 500 hospitals across Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, and Benin. In order to facilitate infant recovery, hospitals, health centers, and first-time mothers purchase or rent cribs. COVID-19 caused a high demand for cribs, as parents wanted to avoid hospitals while caring for their newborns.

Awards Virtue's Tiny Hearts Technology and Crib A'Glow innovation won a $50,000 prize as the winner of the African Innovation Challenge 2.0 by Johnson & Johnson and the Unilever Young Entrepreneurs Award. Oboro Virtue(2022). Changes in Coca-Cola from the Pandemic. Change Management Seminar at Heriot-Watt University. 10.13140/RG.2.2.29850.52168 Oboro, Virtue. (2022). Change Management. Change Management Seminar at Heriot-Watt University. 10.13140/RG.2.2.23139.6352 Oboro, Virtue & Xia, Guobin. (2022). UXD Research Project. 10.13140/RG.2.2.19784.19205. Oboro, Virtue. (2022). An Empathic Design Approach on the Heriot-Watt University (Scottish borders) main hall. Conference: Design Thinking and Innovation.

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