Bankole Oloruntoba

SpecialityCEO at Nigeria Climate Innovation Centre & & Honorary Consul to Finland (in Nigeria)

Bankole Oloruntoba is asocial and business tactics engagement specialist with a deep background incorporate communication, entrepreneurship development, business development andidea management. He has a first degree (BSc. Economics) from ABU Zaria, an executive certificate in Building Brands from the Lagos Business School (LBS)and an MBA from Businesschool Netherlands (BSN).
He is currently the CEO of the Nigeria Climate Innovation Center www.nigeriacic.org , an initiative of the Climate Technology Partnership program of the World Bank with the help of the Government of Nigeria and support of the Enterprise Development Center (EDC) of the Lagos Business School focusing on the growth of a viable green economy in Nigeria. Bankole was the founding Incubation Center Manager/Innovation Lead of Enspire Business Incubator www.enspire.org.ng , a technology focused business incubation centre under the Abuja Technology Village. He is also the Founder of Network of Incubators and Innovators in Nigeria (NINe) www.nine.org.ng ; In 2018, he was appointed a Member of the Presidential Advisory Council on Technology and Creativity and early 2021, he was appointed the Honorary Consul to the Government of Finland in Nigeria.
An expert on the Business Model Development and Deployment (Business Model Canvas & Lean Management Strategy) for Products, Ideas and Start ups, Incubation Management and Advisory, Bankole has shown strength in the identification and Building of strategic work/business partnership. As a thought leader in the area of Start-ups and Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Development in Nigeria/West Africa, Bankole teaches and advises several organizations, governments, dozens of Hubs and Businesses in Nigeria and West Africa.
Bankole brings a wealth of experience in Green Innovation Programmes Design and Sustainability Management, Innovation-Driven Entrepreneurship (IDE) Development, Startup Business Development and Ecosystem Advisory.
Bankole is an engaging Speaker, Convergence Coordinator and a fantastic listener.

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