Olusola Teniola

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Olusola Teniola
NationalityBritish-Nigerian
OccupationEngineer
EmployerFreelance
TitleChief Executive Officer

Olusola Teniola (born 10 July 1966) in London, is a technology enthusiast based in Lagos, Nigeria. Olusola Teniola is now engaged in various new projects in West Africa. He has been Nigeria National Coordinator for the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI.org) since Nov 2019. He is the Immediate Past President of the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON). Previously he was a Client Partner with Detecon International, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, Germany; responsible for Nigeria and West Africa.[1] He was also CEO/MD and a board member of IS Internet Solutions (a Dimension Data company) in Lagos, Nigeria, from March 2013 to June 2016. In between Jan 2010 to Mar 2013, he was the COO and Director of Engineering at Phase 3 Telecom, Abuja.[2][3]

Olusola is now involved in various new projects. He was briefly Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Phase3 Telecom.[4][5][6]

He served in executive management positions at British Telecom, Alcatel-Lucent Technologies and Vodafone.

Olusola obtained an HND in Electrical & Electronic Engineering and a B.Eng with honors in Computer and Information Engineering from London South Bank University.[7] He also holds an MBA from the University of Bath School of Management awarded in 2003. He is also a member of the Institute of Directors (MIoD) London and Nigeria[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Teniola Moves to Detecon". IT Telecom Digest. 2016-07-25. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
  2. ^ "Internet Solutions Hooks up Nigeria, Ghana to WACS". ThisDay. Retrieved 2013-08-29.
  3. ^ "Phase3 Telecom Enhances Lagos –Northern Network Backbone Redundancy". Nigeria Communications Week. 11 March 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
  4. ^ Adaramola, Zakariyya (2019-05-22). "Phase3 announces Stanley Jegede as Chairman, Olusola Teniola as CEO". Daily Trust. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  5. ^ editor (2019-05-22). "Phase3 Announces Jegede as Chairman, Teniola as CEO". THISDAYLIVE. Retrieved 2019-05-31. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  6. ^ "Phase3 Telecom appoints new CEO and chairman". www.telecompaper.com. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  7. ^ "Olusola Teniola - Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) | Nigeria Com Speaker". tmt.knect365.com. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
  8. ^ "Meet the team". Internet Solutions. Retrieved 2015-05-18.