Awosiku Olutola Vivian

  • Designation Program Management & M&E

Olutola Vivian Awosiku is a dynamic and visionary digital health leader passionate about transforming Africa’s health systems through innovation, strategic collaboration, and inclusive leadership. With a background in Biomedical Laboratory Science and a fast-rising profile in Africa’s health tech ecosystem, she currently leads the Secretariat for the Africa Digital Health Networks (ADHN), a continent-wide initiative to unify and coordinate digital health actors across sectors.

At ADHN, Olutola leads the network’s institutional development driving member engagement strategy, stakeholder mapping, regional coordination, and multi-sector convenings. She plays a central role in shaping ADHN’s continental partnerships anchoring its vision as Africa’s “network of networks” for digital health.

She is also the Founder of Digital Health Africa, a youth-led media NGO committed to amplifying health innovation narratives, educating the public, and increasing youth participation in the digital health agenda. Under her leadership, the organization launched the African Digital Health Student Network, now the largest platform of student innovators in healthtech on the continent.

Olutola's work spans communications, program design, and ecosystem building—previously contributing to organizations such as Healthstack and Zuri Health. Her strategic impact was also evident during her tenure as Communications Lead for the Innovation for African Universities (IAU) program funded by the British Council.

She has received numerous awards and recognitions, including: Rising Star in Health Technology, Africa Healthcare Awards 2021 , GAPx Young Female Rising Star, 2024 , Top Nigerian Young Person in Medical Innovation, nominee 2023

She has shared insights at high-level platforms including the UN General Assembly, Africa CDC Youth Pre-Conference, Africa Health Tech Summit, and JCI Global Network, and continues to advocate for locally driven innovation and equity in digital health systems.