Recently, the Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II gave Royal Leadership Awards to 100 outstanding young Nigerians within Nigeria and in the diaspora. One of such prominent awardee was a proud royal son of Oyo state and Kwara state. This is important considering the ‘craniopagus’ relationship between these three, especially between Ile Ife and Oyo.
The Royal Young Leaders Award is an initiative of the His Imperial Majesty, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, as evidence of his commitment to identifying and supporting the next generation of leaders. He believes that the leaders of tomorrow are the leaders of today, and as such what you promote is what becomes popular.
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Barrister Timi Olagunju, Nigeria’s foremost technology and innovation lawyer and Policy consultant, an illustrious son of Oyo state hails from Oba Ladigbolu’s first daughter, Ijadunoye Ladigbolu ‘nee Oladejo’. He also has roots with the Offa Royal family (Agbo Ile Temileke). However, but for our research into his royal lineage, Barrister Timi has always believed in making his own way, hence his non-usage of the title Prince in his everyday life.
From his university days, he served as a prominent students’ leader, and received several accolades, such as the UI ‘JCI’ award for outstanding leadership of Halls and Faculties, and awarded the Hon. Chris Asoluka Award for Most Politically Productive Student in the University of Ibadan as well as the Professor H.O. Nottidge Award for Selfless Leadership.
Since completing his law degree at the University of Ibadan in 2009, Timi has devoted his time to promoting innovative governance, intellectual property and privacy rights, democracy and youth engagement, as well as helping the underserved.
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He is a recipient of the President Barack Obama leadership award, a 2015 Mandela Washington Fellow, a Fellow of the Presidential Precinct, a founding member of Commonwealth Alliance of Young Entrepreneurs (CAYE) – West Africa, and a Trustee of the Nigeria Internet Society (NIS). He is co-founder, Youths in Motion and sits on the board of Feed To Grow, Africa (feedtogrow.org).
Timi has also attended leadership, business, and policy courses at University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business, the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, and the College of Williams and Mary, and authored and co-authored three books namely: The Hustlers’ Mentality, Leading From Within, and Yes Africa Can.
