About us

Working with businesses in emerging markets to identify, remediate and manage ESG risks while creating opportunities.

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Who We Are

QOWOKONI provides an extensive range of advisory support and solutions to enable clients define and achieve their strategic and operational goals with respect to Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) related risks and value creation opportunities.

At QOWOKONI, we deploy our expertise, drawn from decades of experience garnered by our partners, consultants and associates in Africa, Europe and North America. We support our clients in their efforts to maintain the commercial viability of their businesses within the evolving sustainability landscape that is defined by global and local environmental and social sustainability aspirations, tensions and trade-offs.

Our Mission

To support businesses in developing and emerging markets to achieve their aspirations on responsible business conduct, contribute to global sustainability aspirations within their geographical and sectoral context, and address risks to their short and long term business objectives arising from environmental, social and governance factors.

Our Values

Our four values are at the core of who we are and how we interact with our people, clients and partners at work and within every community we serve. They include:

Honesty and Integrity

We hold ourselves to the highest standard of ethical conduct and professional practice. Our engagement and activities that we conduct with and for our clients are transparently documented and accounted for to the satisfaction of all parties.

Partnership and Collaboration

We believe in building enduring and trust-based relationships with our clients, partners, and employees. Overtime, our clients consider us as a preferred and reliable partner in the pursuit of their goals in view of our emphasis on knowledge sharing and co-creation of sustainable solutions

Value Creation and Realisation

We strengthen the internal capability of our clients to sustain improvements and value realised from our engagement. While we work to manage risks and confront today’s challenges, we support efforts aimed at creating new forms of value that position our clients for future competitive advantage. QOWOKONI offers intellectual energy, practical insight and globally competitive service excellence.

Professional Excellence

Our partners and associates have decades of experience cutting across geographical and sectoral boundaries. While our perspectives and practice draws from international best practices and global trends, we ensure that our solutions takes appropriate cognisance regional, national and local context.

Meet our CEO & Founder

Bolarinwa Onaolapo

CEO & Principal Consultant

Bolarinwa Onaolapo, Nigerian is the CEO of QOWOKONI
& PARTNERS. Bolarinwa worked for over two decades in the Upstream Oil and Gas Industry in Nigeria, Europe and America. He was at different times the ESG Business opportunity Manager for Shell Companies in Nigeria, Sustainable Development Manager for Shell Petroleum Development Company, and Shell Fellow for Anglophone West and East Africa with Africare in Washington D.C,USA.

He holds a Master’s degree in Sustainable Development from the Center for Environment, Development and Policy (CEDEP) of The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) University of London, Master of Science,
Agricultural Economics, He is an Alumnus of the University of Cambridge Program on Sustainability Leadership and holds the FSA Credential of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Foundation.

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