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Tolu Oyekan joined Boston Consulting Group in 2014, after having interned at the firm in 2013. He has spent time working in both the Lagos and Chicago offices. Tolu is a core member of the Corporate Finance & Strategy, Social Impact, Financial Institutions, Energy, and Global Advantage practices. 

Tolu’s client work focuses on strategy and operational topics in the private, social, and public sectors—in industries including oil and gas, banking, government, industrial goods, and health care. He uses his cross-sector experience to increase cooperation among Africa’s private, social, and public sectors. Tolu is also an expert for the firm's climate risk, adaptation, and resilience work in the public sector.

Before joining BCG, Tolu worked as an engineer supporting equipment and process development for a global material science company.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

EDUCATION

  • MBA, University of Chicago, Booth School of Business
  • BS, mechanical engineering, magna cum laude, Howard University.

Publications and Videos

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Home Grown Solutions Accelerator: Learnings From 3 Years of Healthcare Venture Acceleration

AUDA-NEPAD's Home-Grown Solutions Accelerator targets healthcare challenges through local innovation, aiming to boost Africa's health and prosperity in alignment with Agenda 2063 goals.

Going Faster and Farther on SDGs

Tolu Oyekan describes what it will take to make much-needed progress on achieving the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.

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B20 India 2023—Why Unlocking Africa's Agricultural Abundance Is Crucial

Unlocking Africa's agricultural potential is pivotal for its future. Despite an abundance of arable land, freshwater, and sunlight, the continent faces food insecurity and climate-related hazards. Agroindustrialization efforts can help create structural transformations that consolidate broader food systems into more industrialized sectors. Economic integration in Africa is a central focus for India's 2023 G20 presidency; the global forum includes a discussion platform for how to turn Africa's agriculture industry into a thriving sector.
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Safeguarding Coastal Cities from Climate Change

Emerging economy areas like Lagos face droughts, flooding, and sea level rise. With robust adaptation and resilience strategies, they can protect themselves and become climate innovation leaders.
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How Public-Health Leaders Can Fight the Next Pandemic

COVID-19 offered valuable lessons in combating epidemic-level disease. Four measures can help institutionalize what we’ve learned.

Accelerating Home-Grown Health Care Solutions in Africa

With the support of Africa’s Home-Grown Solutions Accelerator, African entrepreneurs are delivering world-class, home-grown health care solutions.

A For-Profit Mindset for Nonprofit Success

How can nonprofits accelerate their impact? BCG managing director and partner Tolu Oyekan shows how scalable, data-driven solutions can help any business meet its goals with speed and precision.

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Ramping Up Vaccine Manufacturing in Africa

Stakeholder support is crucial for ensuring that African vaccine-manufacturing companies can produce sufficient supply for the continent.

What Doing the Work Means

BCG’s Tolu Oyekan joins Samuel Egube of the Lagos State Government to discuss how Lagos has set a powerful example for climate investments.

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Strategies for Scaling Africa’s Green Ventures

To combat climate change in Africa effectively, investors, governments, and companies must collaboratively develop and finance sustainability-driven ventures that can grow rapidly across the continent’s business ecosystem.
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Africa’s Opportunity in Digital Skills and Climate Analytics

The continent is rich in youthful, entrepreneurial energy. Well-planned investments now can help Africa transform itself into a global center of technological and ecological innovation.
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How African Cities Can Create Digital Jobs

Youth unemployment is rising in Africa. To address it, governments need to identify the most-promising digital jobs and lay the foundation for their creation.