About

Oluwafemi Akintola

Founder of Riverways. 8+ years leading performance marketing across Nigerian fintech, real estate, e-commerce, and technology — before deciding the agencies he'd worked with, and worked for, weren't built to make clients' growth actually compound.

Oluwafemi Akintola, founder of Riverways

Why Riverways exists

Most Lagos businesses have been sold marketing. Posts, boosted ads, a logo, a website — pieces, sold separately, rarely working together. Femi spent years inside agencies and brand teams watching that pattern repeat: real budget spent, real effort put in, and growth that never quite compounded.

Riverways was built to fix the pattern, not just the pieces. That's what the DEOS framework is — a single current running from brand, to offer, to systems, instead of four separate vendors pulling in four separate directions.

How DEOS works

Track record

  • Plusworld & SubsidiariesGrowth Marketing Lead across four subsidiaries. Contributed to ₦4.5Bn+ in revenue and 4,000+ app downloads for Dandy's, through paid acquisition across Meta, Google, and TikTok.
  • DevCenter Innovation & SubsidiariesDigital Marketing Manager. Delivered 25% ROI improvement on ₦15M+ monthly ad spend across four subsidiaries, and a 40% increase in qualified pipeline.
  • Brit Properties NigeriaInterim Communications Manager & Brand Strategist. Drove 60% growth in organic traffic and doubled mobile app engagement time in Lagos real estate.
  • XGO FinanceDigital Marketing Specialist. Doubled fintech app engagement time while cutting user drop-off by 30%, where trust has to be earned in every asset.
  • Opera AdsDigital Marketing Specialist across one of the continent's largest ad platforms. Held a 95% client retention rate across multiple industry accounts.

Certifications

  • Google Ads Certified ProfessionalAdvanced Search, Display, Video Advertising
  • Google Analytics CertifiedAdvanced Analytics and Conversion Tracking
  • Facebook Blueprint CertifiedFacebook and Instagram Advertising
  • HubSpot Inbound Marketing CertifiedContent Marketing and Lead Generation

Education

Bachelor of Science, Political ScienceMadonna University, Okija, Anambra State, Nigeria (2009 – 2013)

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