Who is Ayobola Adedayo?
Ayobola Adedayo is a visionary innovator and digital transformation professional with over 16 years of experience across telecommunications, technology, FMCG, NGOs, edtech, and fintech sectors. Known for her expertise in digital transformation, Ayobola excels in driving team performance, strategic thinking and Innovation. She graduated with a Global Executive MBA from INSEAD Business School, one of the world’s top business schools for the Global Business Executive MBA program designed for the world’s top business leaders. She shares her experience at INSEAD here
She holds a honorary doctorate degree in leadership and Strategy (Honoris Causa) for recognition based on track record of venturing into uncharted territories and my exemplary track record in leadership and strategy. This is due to leading and pioneering digital transformation and setting up new channels and departments in reputable companies for over a decade in the Technology Sector.
She was been recognized as winner at Women in Tech Global Awards 2024. This recognition comes from the world’s largest community for women in tech, which includes more than 9,500 ambassadors across 179 countries. A Global Competition: 1,560 Contestants, 128 Countries, 21 Categories.
Inspiring Leader Award Nominee and Digital Leader Award Nominee by Globant . The awards aim to highlight every woman who has excelled in her work in the STEAM industry. She also conceptualised and developed 4 AI used cases that got accepted into the NVIDIA Inception program
Ayobola is a thought leader and the author. She was named top 25 in Thinkers360 Global Thought Leaders & Influencers on Careers for 2025, ranking #21 and receiving the Top 25 badge.
Her notable works include:
Ayobola’s Success Equation: The Mathematical Formula to Achieving Success
Ageing Gracefully: The Nutritional Pathway to Refinement, Resilience, and Radiance
Ayobola’s Hierarchy of Career Fulfillment
The Ultimate Workbook for Technology Businesses
Renewing Nigeria: Diagnosis and Tech-Driven Recommendations
Some of her books have been featured in recommended reading lists such as the Inspiring Reads: New Books from Thinkers360 Thought Leaders 2024 by Thinkers360
Ayobola serves as an advisory member at Harvard Business review
Ayobola has spoken at various esteemed local and international conferences, including International Labour Organization
In her spare time, she hosts art classes for consumers and for companies as team bonding through her CocktailsnCraft initiative. She has hosted over 15 high-profile events for companies like Mckinsey, Cisco, Airtel, French Embassy, and Campus France. She has also co-organised an art exhibition with the french embassy in addition to creative team bonding with France Alumni in Nigeria. She has had several art event partnerships with companies like Absolut, Samsung, Pop beach, and others. Ayobola gives back to society by empowering women through mentorship support and proactively giving opportunities to women to close the gender gap. Through her passion for women, she won an essay on how to empower women in the workplace and close the gender gap and this made her a recipient of INSEAD GEMBA Scholarship for Women.