Kolapo Olapoju is an award-winning journalist, writer and communications strategist. As editor of TheCable, Nigeria’s leading knowledge-driven digital newspaper, he has been at the forefront of several landmark initiatives, including the launch of the fact-check desk and desks focusing on climate, gender, and persons with disabilities (PWDs). In May 2023, he helped unveil TheCable DINA, Nigeria’s first disability-inclusive news app, earning acclaim and a Google News Innovation Challenge award.
Olapoju’s reporting has exposed lead contamination, environmental degradation, and underage labour, influencing policy decisions. His advocacy on menstrual hygiene management contributed to the federal government’s VAT exemption for sanitary products. He has collaborated with nonprofits like Global Rights Nigeria, and his work has informed global research funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Olapoju is a DAME Awards winner, Fetisov Journalism Awards nominee and an alumnus of the Czech Republic’s Young African Leaders Programme. With 15 years shaping Nigeria’s digital media landscape, Olapoju was recently included in the New Media Conference list of 100 digital disruptors of the last decade.
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