Oluwasola Obagbemi

Sola is a Certified Public Relations & Communications professional with over 11 years’ experience. She is the Corporate Communications Manager for Anglophone West Africa at Meta overseeing the brand’s external communication in Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, Gambia and Sierra Leone. Prior to this, she was the Senior Communications Manager for Africa at Andela Inc. where she built and led the Comms team in Africa across emerging markets. Before Andela, she was the Deputy Chief Operating Officer at Red Media Africa for 6years where she led the PR agency to win several international and local pitches including pan-African awards.
 
She holds a master’s degree in communications studies from the University of Ghana, Accra Legon [Public Relations & Advertising major] and has a B.A degree of Dramatic Arts from Obafemi Awolowo University. Sola is a certified member of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations and a certified Management Consultant Fellow of International Management Consultants (FIMC, CMC). She is also a faculty member at “The Rome Business School” where she lectures Executive Masters students in Corporate Communication. 

Apart from her day-job, Sola is a very passionate advocate for women rising to the peak of their career while having work-life-balance and have championed causes, geared towards promoting equality and inclusion for women including hosting a closed door conversation called The Bloom Conversation With Sola.