OLAROTIMI OLAKUNLE ONAYEMI
Nigeria Representative and West Africa Correspondent, Corporate Africa UKBIOGRAPHY
I was born on 25 November, 1968 in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State (Full Name: OLAROTIMI OLAKUNLE ONAYEMI) to the Royal family of KEREGBETU to HIGH CHIEF MICHAEL OREDOLAPO ONAYEMI aka ‘JAMBOREE’ and BEATRICE ONAYEMI.
I attended LUBA NURSERY AND PRIMARY SCHOOL from 1972 to 1974 and the prestigious CHILDREN’S HOME SCHOOL, MOLETE, IBADAN from 1974 to 1979. Children’s Home School is Nigeria’s first private nursery and primary school founded in 1948 by Mrs. T. O. Ogunlesi. This is also the alma mater of The Incumbent President of Nigeria- BOLA AHMED TINUBU.
From 1979 to 1984 I did my high school education at Ijebu Land’s first Grammar School – IJEBU-ODE GRAMMAR SCHOOL where I was also the LIGHT AND BELL PREFECT.
I studied BANKING AND FINANCE at THE POLYTECHNIC, IBADAN, OYO – STATE, NIGERIA from 1985 to 1987 and THE POLYTECHNIC, NEKEDE, OWERRI now known as FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC, NEKEDE, OWERRI, IMO – STATE, NIGERIA from 1989 to 1991 where I received my HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOMA in FINANCE AND BANKING.
I did my Nigerian National Youth Service in BENUE STATE from 1991 to 1992 and was among the pioneer youth corps members sent to the newly created KOGI STATE in 1991. I served as Accounts and Economics teacher at AYANGBA SECONDARY SCHOOL and also as Business Methods, Accounting and Economics Lecturer at ANKPA COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, ANKPA, KOGI STATE, NIGERIA.
In the few years after graduation I wrote articles for Snooper Magazine OWERRI edited by Mr. FELIX OFOU, current Chief of Staff to the Delta State Governor.
I joined a few groups of intellectuals and students, poets and radio personalities at The University of Lagos and Ihria ENAKIMO to read my poems and plays on Eric Moore Radio, Surulere, Lagos from 1992 to 1996.
In 1996, while attending the SECOND UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON HUMAN SETTLEMENTS in Istanbul, Turkey, I applied for a job as journalist in Turkey’s only English Language Newspaper at the time, I got the job as a guest writer and went on to work with my Editor, Australian BILL SELLARS and his wife Turkish SERPIL SELLARS – while married to a Turkish citizen, AYTEN and we had our son YORUBA ÖZGÜR ONAYEMI in 1999. He’s doing well After graduation in Virginia, USA.
EDUCATION
1989-1991 – Higher National Diploma (HND) in Finance and Banking, The Polytechnic, (now Federal Polytechnic), Nekede, Owerri, Nigeria
1985-1997 – Ordinary National Diploma in Banking and Finance, The Polytechnic, Ibadan, NIGERIA
WORKING EXPERIENCE
MAY 2019 – Co-Founder Swedish Nigerian DJ Sydney Fest, with Swedish DJ Monica (Foremost Swedish-Nigerian Cultural Events
SEPTEMBER 2017 to APRIL 2019:– Turkish and English Translator / Warehouse Officer, VKS construction Nigeria, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria (Flour Mill and Coconut Oil Construction Sites)
JANUARY 2017 to FEBRUARY 2017:- Turkish – English Translator for Turkish and Indian Ebgineers at Sona Agro-Allied Foods / Sona Industrial Gases, Sango Otta, Ogun State, Nigeria.
JANUARY 2015 to date:- Turkish, English and French Translator in negotiations for International Partnership among Macklo SA Paris, France – RSA Construction and Telecommunications, Bursa, Turkey – Sarmetal, Yaounde, Cameroon and Legit Global Investment Ltd, Lagos, Nigeria for ongoing and upcoming projects to be realized in Congo DRC, Cameroon and Nigeria
January 2015 – January 2016:- Turkish language Translator at Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria + Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State. Ronesans (Renaissance) Nigeria Construction,
Special duties involving Translations and Clarification of Legal and Technical Matters
2007 – 2011:- English and French Language Teacher at TEOL (Yabanci Dil Okulu) Foreign Language School, Trabzon – Giresun – Rize, Turkey
June 2000 -2007:- Permanent Correspondent in The United Nations Office at Geneva and Switzerland Correspondent accredited by The Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland for Times Publications, London, UK and FreeWorldReview, Vernier, Switzerland.(www.times-publications.com)
July 2000 – March 2002:- Affiliate NGO Representative of The International Research Foundation for Development, Cambridge, MN, USA, at the United Nations Office in Geneva, Switzerland
October 1999 – March 2000:- Main Africa Correspondent, Times of London based in Mannheim, Germany October 1999 – March 2000 : English Language journalist / Africa Sales Representative, UNIMEX New Media, Wiesbaden, Germany: www.unimex.com
February 1999 – Permanent:- Correspondent and Representative in Turkey and Eastern Europe for ‘The Post Express’- Nigerian Daily newspaper and a client of ‘The New York Times’
1997-1998:- Freelance Intercultural writer and journalist, ‘Insight’- the journal of The Centre for Intercultural Dialogue and Cooperation (CIDC) in Lisbon, Portugal and Istanbul, Turkey.
1996 – 1997:- Guest Writer at ‘The Turkish Daily News’ – Turkey’s only English language newspaper at the time. Now renamed ‘Hürriyet Daily News’.
1991-1992:- Nigeria National Youth Service Corps: Lecturer, Business Education Department, College of Education, Ankpa, Kogi State, Nigeria
1987-1989:- (Industrial Training as Student) Supervisor, Organizational Structures and Job Description , Mandev Consultancy, Fish House, Jibowu, Lagos
