Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade
Introduction
Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade is a Nigerian integrated communications professional, currently the Communications and Public Affairs Manager for Google West Africa.
Career
Kola-Ogunlade obtained a Biochemistry honours degree from Lagos State University in Nigeria in 2001. In 2013, he got MBA from the same university. He has worked as Account Executive, Senior Account Executive and Account Director at Insight Grey (now Insight Publisis), an integrated communications group focused on West Africa communications, working out of Lagos, Nigeria.
In December 2011, he began a role at Google as the Head of Communications and Public Affairs for West Africa. His work involves communications planning and managing all forms of external media engagement for the company as spokesperson, as well as training and supporting Africans newsrooms to incorporate new media and online strategies into news
Kola-Ogunlade was a judge on the 2017 Innovate Africa Challenge towards providing grants and funding to support data-driven journalism, investigative reporting, and newsroom digitisation to media houses in Africa.
Recognition
Voted Top 100 most influential young Nigerians in 2016