Tiwalola Olanubi Jnr
Date of birth/age : June 28, 1988
Place of birth nation, state/province : Lagos
National: Nigerian
Profession : Entrepreneur
Achievement: He is the founder of Dotts Media House – One of Africa’s foremost digital marketing firms, Zarafet Loaves – A bread producing bakery in Lagos, Trendupp Africa. He is also the publisher of the Nigerian Influencer Marketing Report (NIMR)
Awards: Olanubi Jnr was nominated twice in three years for Future Awards Africa
2017: Prize in Media Enterprise
2019: Prize in Business.
He was named the Young CEO of 2019 at the Creative Faith Academy Awards.
He was awarded in 2020 as the CEO of the year at the BrandCOM Awards.
Y naija recognized him as one of the 10 under 40 most powerful young persons on social media.
In 2021, Opera news named him amongst seven (7) next level moguls to watch alongside Shola Akinlade. (Paystack), David Adeleke (DMW), Odun Eweniyi (PiggyVest), Chidi Ajaere (GIG Motors) etc.
Contribution to society: In the past 5 years, he has been involved in CSR Projects including Leap Africa’s Youth Day of Service, NaijaHacks Hackaton etc, Tiwalola is also passionate about Governance, youth development and Entrepreneurship.
Net worth: There is yet to be a specific figure as to how much Tiwaloluwa Olanubi Jnr is worth but there have been specifications that it is estimated to be $1m
Background
|He attended St Raphael’s Primary School, Ondo, Hallmark Secondary School, Ondo and the Becky Parker College,Akure.. He studied Quantity Surveying at the University of Lagos. Olanubi Jnr developed interest in marketing and communications while in the University of Lagos by promoting entertainment events on campus. In his 3rd year in the university, he was appointed as a brand ambassador for Blackberry Nigeria. This reinforced his interest in media and communications, After graduation, Olanubi Jnr established DottsMediaHouse (a digital marketing and communications firm) which has now expanded into a group company – Dotts Group with three subsidiaries which include DottsMediaHouse Limited, Dotts Co-Working Space, and Asteri Africa (a booking and management firm). In 2017, Olanubi Jnr also founded a food company – Zarafet Loaves an outfit into the production of bread. And in 2019, He co-founded an influencers and content creators platform called Trendupp Africa. In 2018, The Guardian Life Magazine wrote that Olanubi is one of the Nigerian youths shaping the future while Vanguard Allure listed him as one of the 12 outstanding youths nominated for Future Awards. In 2018, His communications Firm, DottsMediaHouse was named Africa’s Most Outstanding Quality Digital Marketing Company of the year by African Quality Achievement Award and also named West Africa Digital Marketing Agency of the decade. In 2019, Olanubi led his team at Dotts MediaHouse in publishing Nigeria’s first ever influencer marketing report called NIMR (Nigerian Influencer Marketing Report). The report is published annually and shared at the social media week lagos to media enthusiasts & content creators.
SOURCE
- Chinyere Eze (10 May 2019). Young Nigerian Entrepreneur, Tiwalola Olanubi an exemplary to his peers.
- Francis Okoliko (August 27, 2019). Tiwalola Olanubi Jnr Nominated for Future Award 2nd time in three years
- Jubilee, Olowo (17 December 2019). First Nigerian BlackBerry Ambasador, Tiwalola Olanubi wins 2019 Future Africa Award Prize for Entrepreneurship.
- Muhammed, Sambo (15 June 2019). Tiwalola Olanubi Jnr- Quantity Surveyor Turned Tech Marketing/PR Expert