OneCard Nigeria Appoints Ogunkanmi as CCO

OneCard Nigeria, a fast moving consumer goods company that provides top-up solutions on multiple platforms for various services ranging from mobile phones, toll fees, pay television and fuel cards nationwide, has announced the appointment of Taiwo Ogunkanmi as chief commercial officer.

A statement signed by Mr. Ade Oyebanji, company secretary, OneCard Nigeria, said the appointment of Ogunkanmi represented another major stride in the quest by the firm towards being a major player in the Fast Moving Consumable Goods (FMCG) sector of Nigeria’s economy.

This is a further fulfillment of the company’s intention to play big in the FMCG sector in Nigeria using highly innovative solutions simplified to deliver convenience to users.

“This has informed our decision to search for the best hands available in marketplace that can match our intentions. We believe that Ogunkanmi fits the bill and hence our decision to bring him on board,” Oyebanji said.

Ogunkanmi was appointed based on his wealth of experience in the marketing and commercial segments of the information technology, banking and telecommunications industries in the country.

Ogunkanmi started his professional career with a Lagos-based Information Technology firm, Elcom Serve Nigeria.

When he left Elcom Serve, Ogunkanmi later worked at First Atlantic Bank as a Business Development Officer before he later joined Econet Wireless Nigeria in 2003 with the Customer Service Group.

He spent several years at Econet and witnessed its metamorphosis into VMobile then Celtel and occupied several positions such as Consultant Activations, Supervisor Electronic Voucher Distribution.

He was also Project Co-ordinator for the first retail based route to market model in African telecommunications; Distribution Manager North Central region covering Abuja, Benue, Kogi, Nasarawa, Plateau & Niger states.

Ogunkanmi joined Visafone Communications Limited in 2007 as Regional Head Sales - North West. In this position, he was in charge of Katsina, Kano, Kaduna, Zaria, Jos and Maiduguri.

He later rose to become AGM Sales (North), in 2012 and for this period he was responsible for achieving total revenue, Operations, Sales, Distribution, Strategy & Marketing implementation in the North.