Interview with Dr Kolawole Olonade

Dr Kolawole Olonade is an Associate Professor at the University of Lagos, Nigeria, and a Senior Lecturer at the Western Campus of Kampala International University, Uganda. Dr Olonade is a structure and cement-based materials expert, with focus on utilisation of various wastes (agricultural and industrial) for the production of high-performance concrete. He is a chartered engineer by the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN). In 2018, he received the German African Innovation Incentive Award. Dr Olonade joined RILEM in 2013 and since then he has been a very active member, joining several Technical Committees, and co-organising several events, amongst which, the East African Student Seminar on Materials technologies for sustainable construction in 2020 and the Graduate Symposium on Sustainable Concrete and Structures in Nigeria in 2021.

This interview took place on 13 November 2023.