Cephas Suleiman Idowu Kadiri was born on Ibikunolu street, Igbari-Akoka on the 16th of November 1995. He attended Ayetoro Nursery and Primary School (Akoka), Akoka High School, before obtaining a degree in economics from the University of Lagos (Akoka).
His mother was the 4th child of Sarah (a former chorister with Apostle Ayo Babalola) and Chief Habibu Otuayele (a unionist). His father was the son of a Sandhurst trained army officer and a Lagos Island princess in Nigeria’s first republic.
Having spent a decade developing software professionally, Cephas Kadiri co-founded Air Buoy Nigeria Ltd, an aerospace and defense startup – to localize space/near-space flights in Nigeria. In 2026, he created LearnLagos™, a progressive web app that uses a match system to connect graduates and available teachers, with public Schools in Lagos State, seeking to fill teaching roles on a temporary and pro-bono basis.
Amongst other endeavours, Cephas Kadiri started Grassroots Project for Good Governance (GPGG Nigeria) in 2019; a youth-led advocacy initiative – to deepen youth and citizen participation in Nigeria. In March 2026, he declared is intention to contest for the seat of federal house of representatives in the Somolu federal constituency area f Lagos.