PREMIUM TIMES’ business and economy editor, Oladeinde Olawoyin, has been chosen for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) program in Vienna, Austria.
Mr Olawoyin was selected along with other top energy editors and correspondents from around the world.
The agency stated that the program will look into key parts of the IAEA’s work due to the rising global interest in nuclear power.
It will also discuss nuclear science and technology in different fields like food, power, environment, industry, agriculture, and finance.
The program will gather leading journalists from various countries. It will include field trips, travel, press conferences, talks with IAEA experts, and social occasions.
Mr Olawoyin is a well-respected journalist with many awards. He has a lot of experience reporting on the oil and gas sector, business, capital markets, finance, agriculture, power, maritime issues, economic growth, and public policy.
Last October, he participated in the International Visitors’ Leadership Program (IVLP). This program is for professional leaders in Trade, Finance, and Development, and he was with 21 other participants. The US Government funded the program.
In October 2022, Mr Olawoyin won the Business Reporter of the Year award at the West African Media Excellence Awards (WAMECA) in Accra, Ghana. That same year, he was also a finalist at both the DAME and PwC Awards held in Lagos.
In 2020, he was a finalist among journalists from Africa at the Sanlam Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism in South Africa.
He was one of the 12 journalists worldwide shortlisted for the Thomson Foundation Young Journalist Award in 2019. That same year, he won the Capital Market Reporter of the Year award at the PwC Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism. He was also one of the three winners at the African Media Development Foundation (AMDF) Awards held in Kaduna.
His other achievements include the 2018 Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting, a 2018 fellowship from the Natural Resource Governance Institute, a 2019 fellowship with the African Science Literacy Network, the 2020 Climate Tracker Journalism Fellowship, and the 2021 International Centre for Journalists (ICFJ) Fellowship, among others.
In December 2018, he received recognition as a ‘Global Goalkeeper’ from the Gates Foundation along with other young African journalists for his reporting on the Sustainable Development Goals.
Earlier in 2017, Mr Olawoyin was nominated in the journalism category of The Future Awards Africa, the 2018 West Africa Media Excellence Awards (WAMECA) in Ghana, and the Nigerian Breweries Golden Pen Awards in Lagos.
He has taken courses on business, finance, economics, agriculture, energy, and capital market reporting in Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, the UK, the US, and other places.
He has a bachelor’s degree in Mass Communication from the University of Ilorin, where he graduated with First Class and was the best student in his department. He also holds a Master’s degree in Mass Communication from the University of Lagos.
As the business editor at PREMIUM TIMES, Mr Olawoyin has led several editorial and investigative projects. He has supervised teams of reporters and mentored many journalists both within and outside the organization.
He has also guided PREMIUM TIMES’ editorial team in creating the newspaper’s annual banking report. This special publication gives insights into the state of the Nigerian banking sector for analysts, investors, and market watchers.
He has written for and had his work published in national and international media outlets. Some of these include Finance Uncovered, a London-based media organization focused on finance, and The New York Times.
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