Bashir Bala Sani is a geologist by training, an entrepreneur and reader. He started The Readers' Hub in 2018, led as its Secretary, and established it's strong membership base, defining a new era of personal growth and development in Katsina. The same year he launched Excel Integrated Farms Katsina, an organic broiler and local chicken farm, driven by his passion to rid Nigeria out of extreme poverty and penury through agriculture. In 2019 he started Lumilab, a tech and Innovation Hub for ICT skill development equipped with conference hall and co-working facility, where he serves as the COO. He is the lead director at Startup Grind Katsina Chapter, a member and volunteer in many youth-led organisations in Katsina including Youth African Leadership Initiative (YALI) Hub Katsina, serving as it's deputy coordinator.