John
Oluwafemi OLLA is a fellow of Young Africa Leaders Initiative (YALI), a proven
team
His
goal is to bridge the educational and digital gap between urban and rural
children in Africa with special focus on girl child, having grown up from a
low-income community in Oyo state.
He
has gained years of cognate experience in the field of Digital Education, Entrepreneurship,
Leadership, Information Architecture, Public Speaking, Learning &
Development. He is presently developing himself in Monitoring, Evaluation and
Learning.
He
currently serves as Chief Operating Officer with Endonamoo Transformation
Global Initiative (ETGIN); an NGO based in Nigeria.
He
also runs Tech Tutors and Authors, Real Leaders Initiative, Dream Builders and
TechChamp for NGO called ETGIN in low-income communities. He is the brain
behind Spotlight Planet; an online platform for projecting Young Leaders around
the world by publishing their stories of success in order to serve as
motivation for the younger ones.
Due
to his passion for education through the aforementioned programs, he has
recorded a verifiable 20,000 teenagers' reach and has impacted over 2000 in the
process. He is also the founder and convener of Real Leaders' Conference, a
conference for Entrepreneurial Leaders. The maiden edition also recorded about
80 participants with over 15 successful entrepreneurs as speakers and
Spotlights.
He has attended several high level workshops,
seminars, conference such as Coastal Cities at Risk (CCaR) Workshop – Lagos,
Media Workshop for Media Professionals and Information Practitioners, workshop
on Social Protection Policy formulation Organized by Oyo State Planning
Commission in Collaboration with UNICEF, technical working group on social
protection policy formulation for Oyo State Planning Commission in
collaboration with UNICEF office Lagos, Technical Working Group on Social
Protection Policy, Working Committee of the Development of Costed Strategic
Work Plan for Nutrition in Oyo State etc
Features
Oluwafemi was feature
on The Afrika Legacy Platform (https://theafrikanlegacy.com/meet-olla-john-oluwafemi/)
and was also featured as Africa Influential Man
Of The Week (http://www.dailyafricagist.com/discussion/9992/)
He has lent his voice on several
issues affecting youth, on various platforms such as medium.com, voiceofyouth.org,
atoz.com.ng etc.
HIS LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE INCLUDES:
Former Public Relation Officer – Africa Regional Centre for Information Science Students’ Association - ARCISSTA
Media Officer - Nigeria Association of Evaluators Oyo Sate Chapter
President Millennium Development Goals Advocacy Project (NYSC)
Team lead at Tech Tutors and Authors
Founder/Convener at Real Leaders Conference
Former Public Relation Officer – Africa Regional Centre for Information Science Students’ Association - ARCISSTA
Media Officer - Nigeria Association of Evaluators Oyo Sate Chapter
President Millennium Development Goals Advocacy Project (NYSC)
Team lead at Tech Tutors and Authors
Founder/Convener at Real Leaders Conference
Educational
Background
He
has a Bachelor of Education in Economics and Political Science, Masters of
Information Science from University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. He also holds a
Post-Graduate Certificate in Project Management and Entrepreneurship from University
of Ibadan, Ibadan and he is a Certified Microsoft Innovative Educator (MIE).
He has published academic article in respected and international journals. He is also a blogger, Web developer and daily motivator through his Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter platform with hashtag #IamBezaleel. He is a lover of information and always eager to learn new things.
He
is a professional when it comes to the use of Social Media to publicize
projects, attract donors and sponsors as well as leveraging social media to
educate the young ones. His hashtag (#IamBezaleel) is a prove of his popularity
on social media space.
He is a humanitarian; helping people,
particularly young educationally challenged children, gives him fulfillment. He
enjoys impacting lives and consciously building the world he never enjoyed
while growing up.
Social
Network Details
Twitter:
@twergywhite
Tell:
+2347030658304
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