Keynote
Soji Ononuga
Director, Testing Academy Nigeria | Director, Cereark Nigeria Limited
Mr. Onosoji (Soji) Ononuga is a distinguished leader and visionary in software quality, with over two decades of global software testing and assurance experience. Widely recognized as a pioneer in advancing enterprise QA practices, Soji’s work spans financial services, government, education, and retail, driving transformation through quality leadership.
As Director at Testing Academy Nigeria, Soji leads initiatives that equip organizations and government agencies with enterprise-grade software testing solutions, managed QA services, and executive-level coaching.
His specialty lies in coaching senior leadership and directors, particularly CTOs, CIOs, and COOs on how software testing awareness, quality governance, and performance measurement directly impact their organisation’s bottom line.
Soji advocates that every CTO should have real-time visibility into application performance and appoint a Director of Product Quality to ensure continuous digital reliability and customer trust.
In his concurrent role as Director at Cereark Nigeria Limited, Soji advises leaders on aligning technology transformation with strategic business goals, governance, and regulatory compliance.
Soji’s mission extends beyond corporate transformation, he is a passionate advocate for positioning software assurance as a national priority in Nigeria, seeing quality as the foundation of digital trust, good governance, and sustainable economic growth.
A sought-after speaker and mentor, he has influenced countless professionals and executives, shaping the future of software testing across Africa.
In his keynote, “AI and the Full Software Testing Lifecycle: Replacement or Revolution?”, Soji explores the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence in QA and what the next two years mean for software testers and technology leaders. He offers strategic insight into how Software Testing speciialists must adapt, learn, and innovate to stay relevant, and indispensible in an AI-driven testing ecosystem.
Olayinka Oni
Executive Director / Chief Operating Officer, Sterling Financial Holdings Company PLC
Mr. Olayinka Oni is one of Nigeria’s most respected technology leaders, with nearly three decades of experience driving digital transformation, innovation, and operational excellence across the banking and technology sectors. As the Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer at Sterling Financial Holdings Company PLC, he oversees group-wide operations, technology strategy, and enterprise transformation, guiding Sterling’s evolution into one of the nation’s most digitally progressive financial institutions.
Olayinka’s career spans strategic leadership roles across some of Nigeria’s foremost organizations. He previously served as Chief Digital Officer at Sterling Bank, where he led the bank’s digital evolution and pioneered the groundbreaking SeaBaaS (Secure, Efficient, Agile Banking-as-a-Service) platform, Nigeria’s first homegrown core banking system, built entirely within the country and now processing billions of transactions with zero downtime.
Before joining Sterling, he was Chief Technology Officer at Microsoft Nigeria, Chief Information Officer at Wema Bank, and Vice President of IT at FCMB, having begun his career at Accenture, where he developed his foundation in consulting and systems transformation.
A Fellow of the British Computer Society (BCS) and Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT) by ISACA, Olayinka is also the Chairman of the CIO Forum of Banks in Nigeria and Co-convener of the CIO Nexus, fostering collaboration and excellence among the nation’s top technology executives.
Renowned for his strategic vision, executional discipline, and deep technical acumen, Olayinka continues to shape Nigeria’s digital banking landscape and influence enterprise technology direction nationwide. His keynote will explore the critical importance of building and sustaining world-class, high-quality software, highlighting Sterling’s tested strategies in maintaining excellence, governance, and risk management, standards that have set the benchmark for Nigeria’s technology-driven institutions.
Dipo Olasemo
Cybersecurity & Technology Leader | CISSP, CISM, Executive CISO (Carnegie Mellon University)
Mr. Dipo Olasemo is a globally experienced cybersecurity and technology leader with over two decades of expertise designing, securing, and scaling enterprise systems across financial services, telecommunications, and technology sectors.
A CISSP and CISM-certified professional and graduate of the Executive CISO Program at Carnegie Mellon University, Dipo bridges the gap between technical depth and executive strategy. His career spans secure software engineering, DevSecOps, cloud security, and risk management, delivering solutions that ensure digital trust and business resilience.
As Chief Technology Officer at Afripie Technology and Synkron Solutions Limited, and Senior Architect at AceMQ, Dipo has led the design of secure, high-performance infrastructures in complex, multi-cloud ecosystems. His leadership extends beyond systems to people and policy, advocating for secure-by-design principles, AI risk mitigation, and cybersecurity governance at board level.
Dipo’s keynote, “Calling Out The Cost of Institutional Complacency: Why Nigerian Tech Can No Longer Afford Weak Security,” delivers a timely message to business leaders, directors, CTOs, and senior managers. He challenges organizations to confront the hidden costs of neglecting cybersecurity and to embed resilience at the core of digital transformation.
With deep technical expertise, strategic acumen, and a passion for building secure systems that scale, Dipo continues to influence the next generation of cybersecurity leadership across Africa and beyond.
Demola Adesina
President | Association of Nigeria Software Testers (ANST)
Strategic Quality Advisor | QA Transformation Leader
Demola Adesina is a leading authority in software quality assurance and a trusted Strategic Quality Advisor to organisations seeking to elevate digital performance and reduce risk. With almost three decades of experience across diverse, highly regulated, and mission-critical sectors, he helps executive leaders understand the business value of quality, translating complex technical realities into strategic, board-level decisions.
As President of ANST, Demola drives the national agenda for structured testing, professional development, and digital trust as foundations of a resilient digital economy. At the ANST Annual Conference 2025, he will present his vision of Digital Trust as Nigeria’s next billion-dollar industry, shaped by decades of guiding organisations to build dependable, scalable, and secure digital systems.
He is also the Founder and CEO of Testing Academy, a premier software testing consulting and delivery firm established in 2006. He supports organisations in defining enterprise-wide testing strategies, optimising testing operations, building high-performing teams, and coaching senior leaders to embed quality as a strategic, revenue-impacting capability.