Tiwalola Olanubi Jnr (born June 28, 1988) is a
Nigerian
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media, food and technology entrepreneur.
He is the founder of the digital marketing firm
Dotts Media House; and a bread company called Zarafet Loaves. He is also the publisher of the Nigerian Influencer Marketing Report (NIMR).
Education
Olanubi Jnr was born in
Lagos
Lagos (Nigerian English: ; ) is the largest city in Nigeria and the List of cities in Africa by population, second most populous city in Africa, with a population of 15.4 million as of 2015 within the city proper. Lagos was the national ca ...
to Engr Tiwalola Wallace Olanubi and Oluwatoyin Olanubi. He attended St Raphael's Primary School, Ondo, Hallmark Secondary School, Ondo and the Becky Parker College,
Akure
Akure is a city in south-western Nigeria. It is the capital and largest city of Ondo State. The city had a population of 403,000 as at the 2006 population census.
History
Pre 1914
Rock engravings dating back to the Mesolithic period, hav ...
. He studied
Quantity Surveying
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at the
University of Lagos
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.
Career
In his 3rd year, he was appointed as a brand ambassador for
Blackberry
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Nigeria.
This reinforced his interest in media and communications.
Following his graduation, Olanubi Jnr went on to established
DottsMediaHouse (a
digital marketing
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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).
During the company's early years, there were reports it was involved in over 50% of online campaigns and influencer marketing in the Nigerian digital marketing space. The company then in 2019, published 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. Olanubi Jnr founded two other companies in the process, Zarafet Loaves, a bread production outfit and an influencers and content creators platform called Trendupp Africa.
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The Guardian
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'' Life Magazine once 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.
Olanubi Jnr has been involved in CSR Projects including Leap Africa's Youth Day of Service, NaijaHacks Hackaton etc, Tiwalola is passionate about Governance, youth development and Entrepreneurship.
Awards
Tiwalola Olanubi has received several recognitions and awards over the years, some of which include:
* 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.
* Ynaija recognized him as one of the 10 under 40 most powerful young persons on social media.
* he received a honorary doctorate in Arts, with a specialization in entrepreneurship and digital marketing by European-American University
References
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Living people
Businesspeople from Lagos State
University of Lagos alumni
1988 births