The 2022 City People Outstanding Talents Awards, Nigeria’s most recognised platform for celebrating exceptional professionals, has named Oladimeji Hamza, M.Sc., CBAP, SMC, SCA, as the winner of its Supply Chain & Business Award. This honour highlights his decade-long contributions to enterprise transformation, data governance, and business intelligence.
City People Magazine, founded in 1996, has earned its place as one of Nigeria’s leading publications, chronicling success stories across entertainment, politics, technology, and business. Its annual Outstanding Talents Awards have grown into a premier event, attracting over 100,000 nominations in 2022 across three competitive categories: STEM, Supply Chain & Business, and Accounting & Finance. Hamza emerged as one of the distinguished few whose work stood out for innovation, leadership, and measurable industry impact.
Hamza’s win is the result of a professional portfolio built across multiple sectors, including finance, banking, insurance, manufacturing, consulting, and FMCG. Over nearly a decade, he has delivered complex transformation programs that included Oracle BI and EBS implementations, Salesforce CRM integrations, enterprise-wide data migrations, and the development of interactive Power BI dashboards that improved decision-making speed. At Olam International, where he serves as Senior Business Analyst, he directed Oracle BI implementation projects, designed ETL processes to guarantee data integrity, and led workshops that brought stakeholders into alignment with technical objectives.
He mentored junior analysts and created systems that continued to deliver results after project completion. At FCT Insurance Company Ltd., he played a central role in implementing Bill 65 Data Privacy requirements, building a comprehensive data catalogue, developing governance strategies, and training teams to ensure sustainable compliance with regulatory standards. These initiatives strengthened organisational resilience and positioned the company as a leader in data privacy readiness.
At Canadian Western Bank, Hamza spearheaded critical data migration and integration projects that improved banking operations, designed test strategies to support user acceptance testing, and engaged stakeholders through Agile ceremonies and discovery sessions to ensure projects were delivered successfully. Earlier roles at Salworks Consulting saw him deliver customised Salesforce configurations, manage end-to-end reporting solutions using Microsoft BI, and direct data quality initiatives that enhanced business performance. His foundational experience at United Bank of Africa focused on creating real-time dashboards, performing data quality analysis, and supporting executive decision-making through timely reporting.
The Supply Chain & Business Award recognises professionals who deliver exceptional results in business systems optimisation and corporate process improvement, and Hamza’s achievements exemplify this. He reduced reporting errors by 30 per cent, standardised enterprise data structures, and implemented scalable, compliant platforms that improved efficiency. His contributions go beyond technical execution; he has built sustainable systems that continue to deliver value long after implementation.
His thought leadership further reinforces his selection. Hamza’s peer-reviewed publications, including Digital Transformation and Data Governance: Strategies for Regulatory Compliance and Secure AI-Driven Business Operations and Advancing Monitoring and Alert Systems: A Proactive Approach to Improving Reliability in Complex Data Ecosystems, offer frameworks for organisations seeking to strengthen governance and improve operational resilience. His research is available on Google Scholar and ResearchGate and is cited by practitioners globally. As Section Editor for Fair East Publishers, he ensures quality control in published scholarship, reinforcing his status as a professional trusted to shape industry discourse.
Speaking after the announcement of his win, Hamza reflected on the significance of the recognition. “Winning the City People Outstanding Talents Award is deeply humbling and affirming,” he said. “This was a year when over 100,000 nominations were submitted, and to be recognised in such a competitive pool shows that the work we are doing in enterprise transformation is making a difference. This award represents the efforts of all the teams I have worked with, the stakeholders who trusted me with critical projects, and the clients who wanted better results. It motivates me to go further, to mentor younger analysts, publish more research, and continue to build solutions that organisations can rely on.”
Industry experts view Hamza’s win as a sign of the growing recognition of business system analysts as essential drivers of organisational performance. Peers describe him as a professional who bridges technical and business worlds, translating complex requirements into practical solutions and ensuring adoption. His combination of technical depth, communication skill, and leadership has made him a sought-after figure for enterprise transformation projects.
Hamza’s recognition also has international relevance. With a strong professional presence in Canada, he collaborates with major financial and insurance firms to implement data governance frameworks and meet privacy regulations such as PIPEDA and GDPR. His ability to deliver compliance-ready solutions across jurisdictions demonstrates that his expertise is globally transferable. The award aligns with Nigeria’s strategic priorities of digital transformation, strengthening corporate governance, and economic diversification. Professionals like Hamza are at the centre of this agenda, ensuring that businesses become more efficient, resilient, and competitive.
Looking ahead, Hamza plans to expand his work on enterprise data platforms, build real-time visualisation systems to enhance decision-making, and engage in cross-border collaborations to share best practices in business analysis. He intends to continue publishing peer-reviewed research and participating in conferences that bring together academics, regulators, and practitioners. This forward-looking commitment will ensure his influence continues to grow and benefits the next generation of professionals entering the field.
The recognition of Oladimeji Hamza as winner of the 2022 City People Outstanding Talents Award in the Supply Chain & Business category is both a personal milestone and an acknowledgement of the critical role data-driven professionals play in shaping the future of business. It affirms that leadership, innovation, and measurable results remain the gold standard for professional achievement. By excelling in these areas, Hamza has set a benchmark for others and strengthened the standing of business systems analysis as an essential discipline for modern organisations.
