Tunde Bakare-Cole

Communications Lead - Editor - Speechwriter

Writer and communications lead who has put words in front of ministers, markets and morning commuters. Ten years across newsroom, agency and development work; edited a business daily's op-ed page and now runs a 6-person comms team for a pan-African NGO.

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Based in
Abuja, Nigeria
Now
Communications Lead at WaterAccess Africa
Education
B.A. English & Literary Studies, Obafemi Awolowo University
Expertise
Substantive editing, Style guides, Fact-checking workflows

Experience

2020 - Present

Communications Lead

WaterAccess Africa · Abuja, Nigeria

  • Run a 6-person team producing donor reports, field stories and policy briefs across 4 countries.
  • Rebuilt the annual report into a story-first format; donor renewals rose 22% the following cycle.
  • Ghost-wrote op-eds placed in Financial Times, BusinessDay and The Africa Report.
2016 - 2020

Op-Ed Editor

BusinessDay Newspaper · Lagos, Nigeria

  • Commissioned and edited 5 opinion pages weekly; grew the contributor network from 40 to 170 writers.
  • Launched the paper's economics explainer column, its most-shared recurring feature.

Skills

Editing

  • Substantive editing
  • Style guides
  • Fact-checking workflows

Writing

  • Long-form features
  • Speeches
  • Policy briefs
  • UX copy

Education

2008 - 2012

B.A. English & Literary Studies

Obafemi Awolowo University · Ile-Ife, Nigeria

Awards

2019

Business Journalism Fellowship

Bloomberg Media Initiative Africa

Bloomberg Media Initiative Africa

Selected Publications

2023

The Naira's Long Walk - feature essay

The Africa Report

The Africa Report

Languages

English
Native
Yoruba
Fluent
French
Conversational

Get in touch

Open to conversations about roles, projects and collaboration.

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