Hello! I'm Adebowale
I am a Digital Transformation Consultant, Academic, and Researcher.
Over the last decade, my teams have successfully automated more than 100 business processes across 4 Nigerian banks; resulting in verifiable high-cost savings, improved customer satisfaction, and achievement of other strategic business goals.
As a researcher, my research interests broadly include the societal impact of digital technologies. In particular, I gravitate toward the usefulness of digital technologies by businesses, and how digital technologies could help in advancing the UN SDGs. My recent research includes the Living Innovation project, an EU Horizon 2020 project that seeks to co-create a home of the future. The REBOUND project helped SMEs in East Midlands UK to leverage digital technologies resulting from the negative impacts of the pandemic, and active-DT makes sense of how SMEs in Nigeria digitally transform. It draws from my vision to see a more structured small business sector in low-income African countries, and a passion for supporting small businesses in developing country settings, particularly as businesses become more receptive to digital technologies due to the pandemic. I provide strategic leadership for this initiative.
Presently, I support the development and execution of initiatives that close the digital skill gap in the UK, the East Midlands region in particular. Such initiatives include Knowledge Transfers Programs (KTPs), Continuous Professional Development (CPDs), Digital Skills Partnerships (DSPs), and Apprenticeships. Moreover, I am the curriculum lead for the OfS Short Course Challenge project
With regard to teaching and learning, I lead Data Scientist and Data Analyst Apprentice programmes; I also function as a module leader for a few undergraduate and post-graduate modules such as human factors in systems design, e-commerce software, global web, ICT for development, and programming with API.
I am passionate about Digital Transformation, especially as it affects people, processes, and products. mentoring comes naturally to me, and I love to make positive impacts on everyone that comes across my path as much as I could.
Adebowale Owoseni, Ph.D, FHEA
Digital Transformation Consultant, Researcher, and Academic
Drive
I started my career as a software engineer, developing contextual software that automated business processes in the financial service industry. This results in verifiable high-cost savings, improved customer satisfaction, and achievement of other strategic business goals.
Today, I leverage my industry experience and find remarkable passion and fulfillment in researching, teaching, and developing innovative Information System solutions that address contemporary business and societal needs. Specifically, in the areas of digital technologies and small business innovation, digital transformation, and Industry 4.0. and 5.0
Personal Philosophy
Actions are seeds
EXPERIENCE
2019- Date
Senior Lecturer in Information System
DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY, LEICESTER
School of Computer Science and Informatics
Computing Engineering and Media Faculty
2014-2019
Lead, Core Programmer | Software Engineer
UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC, LAGOS
Development Operations (DevOps)
Information Technology
2013-2015
Volunteer | Adjunct Course Facilitator
NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA
Faculty of Science
Lagos Study Center
2014-2014
Business Analyst | Software Engineer
FIRST BANK OF NIGERIA LTD, LAGOS
Beespoke Application Development
Information Technology
2008-2014
Business Process Analyst | Software Engineer
KEYSTONE BANK (Erstwhile BANK PHB), LAGOS
Solutions Delivery, Information Technology
2007-2008
Software Engineer
VERTEBRA TECHNOLOGIES LTD
(Erstwhile FLEET TECHNOLOGIES),LAGOS
Automatons for Schools/Professional Institutions
EDUCATION
2019
Doctor of Philosophy Degree
2014
Master's Degree
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA
Pretoria, South Africa
PhD Information Systems
NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA
Lagos, Nigeria
Executive MBA (Information Technology)
BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Karlsfrona, Sweden
MSc Informatics
2012
Master's Degree
2005
Bachelor's Degree
LADOKE AKINTOLA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
Ogbomoso, Nigeria
BTech Computer Engineering
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Journals
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Kolade, O. & Owoseni, A. (2022). Employment 5.0: The work of the future and the future of work, Technology in Society, Vol 71 Click here
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Owoseni, A., Hatsu, S., & Tolani, A. (2021). How do digital technologies influence the dynamic capabilities of micro and small businesses in a pandemic and low-income country context? The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries, e12202. Click here
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Obembe, D., Kolade, S., Obembe, F., Owoseni, A., & Mafimisebi, O. (2021). Covid-19 and the tourism industry: early-stage sentiment analysis of the impact of social media and stakeholder communication? International Journal of Information Management Data Insights, Click here
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Wilford, S., McBride, N., Brooks, L., Akintoye, S., Owoseni, A., Leach, A., Flick, C., Fisk, M., and Stacey, M. (2021). The Digital Network of Networks: Regulatory Risk and Policy Challenges of Vaccine Passports. European Journal of Risk Regulation Click here
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Owoseni, A. & Twinomurinzi, H. (2020). Evaluating mobile app usage by service sector micro and small enterprises in Nigeria: an abductive approach. Information Technology for Development. Click here
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Owoseni, A. & Twinomurinzi, H. (2019). The dynamic capabilities of small and medium scale enterprises using mobile apps in Lagos, Nigeria. Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries. Click here
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Owoseni, A., & Twinomurinzi, H. (2018). Mobile apps usage and dynamic capabilities: a structural equation model of SMEs in Lagos, Nigeria. Telematics and Informatics. Click here
Book Chapters
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Ogoh G., Akintoye S., Eke, D. O., Leach T., Ochang P., Owoseni, A., Oyeniji O, & Stahl B. C. (2022). Contact Tracing Apps for the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Responsible Innovation Perspective In: M. J. Dennis et al. (Eds.) Values for a Post-Pandemic Future, Springer Click here
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Rae, D., Kolade, O. & Owoseni, A. (2021). Are African economies open for entrepreneurship: how do we know? In: Kolade, O., Rae, D., Obembe, D., Woldesenbet Beta, K. (Eds.) The Palgrave Handbook of Africa Entrepreneurship, London: Palgrave Macmillan. Click here
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Tolani A., Owoseni A., Twinomurinzi H. (2019) Exploring the Effect of Mobile Apps on SMEs in Nigeria: A Critical Realist Study. In: Nielsen P., Kimaro H. (eds) Information and Communication Technologies for Development. Strengthening Southern-Driven Cooperation as a Catalyst for ICT4D. ICT4D 2019. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 551. Springer, Cham Click here
Conferences
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Olaniyan, F. M. A. & Owoseni, A. (2022). Toward Improved Data Quality in Public Health: Analysis of Anomaly Detection Tools applied to HIV/AIDS Data in Africa. IST Africa Conference, May 2022, South Africa, pp.1–9. Click here
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Owoseni, A., Tolani, A. & Mahmood, Z. (2021). Rethinking methods and ethics of small business research in Africa. Development Studies Association (DSA) Conference 2021 on Unsettling Development (online), University of East Anglia, 24 June -02 July 2021. Click here
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Flick, C., Owoseni, A., Fisk, M. & Firth, R. (2021). Visualizing home technologies of the future: a report from Leicester diverse communities. ETHICOMP2021 conference. Click here
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Fisk, M., Flick, C. & Owoseni, A. (2021). Ethical benchmarks for industry and commerce: a new landscape for responsible innovation. ETHICOMP2021 conference online. Jun. 10-Jul. 2, 2021 Click here
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Tolani, A., Owoseni, A., and Twinomurinzi, H. (2020). Designing for Context versus the Lock-In Effect of Free Global Digital Platforms: A Case of SMEs from Nigeria. 15th International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology (DERIST2020), Kristiansand, Norway 2-4 Dec. 2020. Click here
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Dansharifa, A.R., Iyawa G, E., Owoseni, A., and Iyawa R. (2020). mHealth for Self-Management in Pregnancy: Perceptions of Women in Low-Resource Settings. 9th International Conference on Health and Social Care Information Systems and Technologies (HCist 2020), Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal, 21-23 Oct. 2020. Click here
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Owoseni, A., Wakunuma, K., Tolani, A., and Twinomurinzi, H. (2020). Exploring gender gaps: how Nigerian micro-business owners use mobile apps for business. 2020 IFIP WG9.4 European Conference on the Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries (online), 10-11 June 2020. Click here
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Tolani, A., Owoseni, A., and Twinomurinzi, H., (2019). Roles of mobile apps in absorptive capabilities of small and medium-size enterprises in Nigeria. IST Africa Conference, Nairobi. 8-10 May 2019 Click here
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Owoseni, A. & Twinomurinzi, H. (2018). Maximizing opportunities using mobile apps: an exploratory factor analysis of service sector micro and small enterprises in Nigeria. 11th Annual SIG Global Development. AIS 2018 Pre-ICIS Workshop, at San Francisco, Califonia, United States of America. Click here
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Owoseni, A. & Twinomurinzi, H. (2017). The use of mobile apps to enhance SMEs in conditions of uncertainty : A case study from Lagos. 10th Annual SIG Global Development. AIS 2017 Pre-ICIS Workshop, At Seoul, Republic of Korea, (Dc), pp.1–24. Click here
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Owoseni, A.; Salami, O.; Twinomurinzi, H.; Mtsweni, J. (2017). Evolving a New Community Through Tuckman Model and WhatsApp Messaging Platform. IST Africa Conference, Windhoek, pp. 1–9. Click here
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Owoseni, A. & Twinomurinzi, H., (2016). Mobile App Usage as a Dynamic Capability in Nigerian Start-ups. IST Africa Conference, Durban, pp.1–9. Click here
MEDIA APPEARANCES
SKILLS
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
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Programming (C#)
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Robotics Process Automation (RPA) using Blueprism BOTs
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Application Architecture,
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System Analysis
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Software Project Management (DevOps/Agile)
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Requirements Engineering
CONSULTING AND RESEARCH
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Digital Transformation, Digital Culture, Digital Skills
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Change Management, Business Analysis, Systems Analysis, Requirements Management
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ICT for Development, Digital Platforms,
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Agile/Scrum Project Management
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Training and Facilitation
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Curriculum Design
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Quantitative and qualitative analysis using Atlas.ti, Nvivo, SPSS 24, Amos 24, Tableau, SmartPLS, Minitab 18
LEADERSHIP/COLLABORATION
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People/Team Management
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Emotional Intelligence
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Mentoring / Life Skill Coach
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C-Suite Engagement
Nature Walking (Woods/Waterside) | Traveling | Watching Video Documentaries | Playing Lawn Tennis