Abiola Adetokunbo Olugbeng
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| Affiliation: | Hope Newspapers |
| Country: | Nigeria |
| Email: | tyokunbo [at] yahoo.co.uk |
| Blog: | http://adetokunboabiola.blogspot.com/ |
| LinkedIn: |  Abiola Adetokunbo Olugbeng
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Abiola Adetokunbo Olugbeng is an Author and Journalist with The Hope Newspaper; he specializes in Nigerian politics and IT.[1] He works at the Nigeria Internet Users Coalition, where he focsues on spreading the positive use of the Internet in Nigeria with students, organizations, companies, and other stakeholders.
He is a member of the Association of Nigerian Authors, he is a writer of fiction and his stories have been published at home and internationally. He has been published in a large variety of print magazines, online journals, and other collections, including BBC's Focus on Africa magazine, and also Mayday Magazine.[2][3][4] Many of his stories can be found online.
Abiola Adetokunbo has published a novel with Macmillan of Nigeria, entitled Labulabu Mask.[5]
Prizes
- 2004 United Nations Economic Commission for Africa organised AISI/OSIWA reporting ICT in Rural Communities award
- 2006 Siemens Profile Media Award
- 2007 AISI/GKP/IDRC contest for African journalists writing on ICT policy, 1st Place
- 2007 Merit Award, Profile Media Award
- 2010 UCIP International Award on Women Issues , Honorary Mention[6][7]