Bimbo Oloyede

Mrs. Bimbo Oloyede is an author and trainer and has been a broadcast professional for nearly 5 decades. Employed by the then NBC/TV as an assistant producer in 1975, she was later assigned to the Presentation Department, became a pioneer member of NTA’s Network News team and thus, the first woman to cast NETWORK NEWS on Nigerian Television. Thereafter, she teamed up with her husband and became an independent Radio/TV producer, presenter, moderator, and compere.

She established The Women’s Optimum Development Foundation (WODEF) and from 2000 to 2015, partnered with UNFPA, UN Women, UNIC, USAID, UNDP, the Canadian Government, the British Council etc., convening workshops, producing radio jingles, radio, and TV drama, promoting gender equality and highlighting gender-based violence. She was also elected National Coordinator of The Global Fund for Women Network in Nigeria, which she headed for over 5 years.

From 2002 to 2015, she was a consultant/news anchor and trainer at Channels Television and was honoured with a lifetime achievement award for journalistic excellence by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism, in 2015.

Mrs. Bimbo Oloyede is the CEO/Lead Consultant at Strictly Speaking and for the last 25 years, has trained various clients in elocution, public speaking, and communication skills. In 2016, she published STRICTLY SPEAKING: Pronunciation Made Easy and STRICTLY SPEAKING: An Oral Guide for Schools and Colleges, followed in 2018. It has been approved by the N.E.R.D.C and State Ministries of Education, for use by Senior Secondary Schools.