Wale Tinubu earns prestigious lifetime achievement award

Wale Tinubu has earned the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at the African Energy Week (AEW) 2025, marking a moment of celebration for his transformative leadership and contributions to Africa’s energy sector.

The Group Chief Executive of Oando PLC was honoured for his visionary role in building one of the continent’s foremost integrated energy companies.

The African Energy Chamber hailed his dedication to advancing Africa’s energy security, his bold navigation of Oando through periods of uncertainty and transformation, and his determination to showcase the power of indigenous enterprises in driving industrial growth and energy sovereignty.

Past recipients of AEW’s top accolade include Professor Benedict Oramah, President of Afreximbank (2024), the late President Hage Geingob of Namibia, Former Senegalese President Macky Sall (2023), and Congo’s Hydrocarbons Minister Bruno Jean Richard Itoua (2022). Tinubu’s inclusion in this distinguished list further cements his reputation as one of Africa’s most influential corporate leaders.

Under Wale Tinubu’s leadership, Oando has transformed from a modest local downstream operator into a multinational energy player with a diversified portfolio that spans exploration and production, power and renewables. This journey has made Oando a symbol of African ambition, ingenuity and resilience, inspiring a new generation of leaders across the continent.

A staunch advocate of vision, determination and teamwork, Wale Tinubu has long championed Africa’s right to chart its own energy destiny by harnessing its vast natural resources for the benefit of its people.

The Lifetime Achievement Award at AEW is widely regarded as a benchmark of excellence, reserved for leaders whose influence extends beyond corporate success to shaping the narrative of Africa’s industrial and energy independence.

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For Wale Tinubu, the honour represents more than a personal milestone. It underscores Africa’s potential and signals a call to future leaders to believe in the promise of the continent and the power of its people.

Rtn. Victor Ojelabi

Ojelabi, the publisher of Freelanews, is an award winning and professionally trained mass communicator, who writes ruthlessly about pop culture, religion, politics and entertainment.