PASTOR · CTO · SPEAKER · MENTOR

Enterprise
Leadership.
Kingdom
Purpose.

Bola Adisa helps tech founders, professionals and business leaders build organizations that perform at the highest level and create a meaning beyond the bottom line.

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Bola Adisa
25+
Years in Tech Leadership
Highlights
The Elevation Church Network Pastor & CTO Founder Institute Startup Mentor MBA — Enterprise Technology 9to5 on a Mission 9to5 on a Mission Newsletter
ABOUT BOLA ADISA

The Executive
Behind the Mission

Over two decades at the intersection of enterprise technology, Management, and purpose-driven leadership.

Bola Adisa is an enterprise technology executive with over 20 years of experience at the forefront of the ICT industry — spanning hardware, software, and communications across some of Africa's most consequential organizations.

His career has taken him from product development and business development to technology solutions management at the highest levels. He has led business solutions for SAP, served with IDC — the global ICT research and consulting firm — across West Africa, and held senior leadership roles at CWG PLC, a leading Pan-African technology firm. He does not just understand enterprise technology. He has built, sold, and managed it at scale.

As Chief Technology Officer at The Elevation Church — one of Africa's most influential religious church organization — he drives global technology strategy, aligning digital infrastructure with institutional mission under the leadership of Pastor Godman Akinlabi. Simultaneously, he serves as Campus Pastor at the Maryland Lagos campus, making him one of the rare executives who leads both the technical and the pastoral dimensions of a major organization.

He holds an MBA from HULT International Business School, Boston — one of the world's top-ranked global business schools — and a BSc. from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. The academic rigour sharpened the frameworks. Over two decades in the field, sharpened everything else.

Beyond the boardroom and the pulpit, Bola is a committed family man — husband to Toyin and father to two young adults. He brings that same long-term thinking to everything he builds.

"The workplace is the platform for Kingdom impact."

— BOLA ADISA · 9TO5 ON A MISSION
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Faith-anchored strategy. Every framework he teaches is built on the conviction that purpose and performance are compounding forces, not competing ones.

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Corporate-grade rigour. Two decades in enterprise technology and management speaking the language of execution, not just inspiration.

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Builder mentality. He works with founders in the hard middle — past early traction, not yet at scale. That gap is where most companies stall.

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Honest accountability. He is not interested in cheerleading — he is interested in the conversations leaders avoid, helping them not become crises.

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Current Role
Chief Technology Officer
The Elevation Church · Global
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Ministry
Campus Pastor
The Elevation Church · Maryland Lagos Campus
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WORK EXPERIENCE
SAP · IDC · CWG PLC
20+ Years in Enterprise ICT
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Education
MBA · HULT International Business School — Boston, USA
BSc. · Obafemi Awolowo University — Ile-Ife, NG

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Topics That Move
Rooms to Action

From corporate boardrooms to leadership summits — delivering messages that stick because they are built on lived experience, not theory.

Six Frameworks. One Mission.

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Leading with Purpose in the Digital Age
How enterprise leaders can align technology strategy with organizational mission — without losing sight of the human dimension of leadership.
Leadership
02
The Faith-Driven Founder
For tech startup founders navigating the tension between building fast and building right. A framework for principled decision-making under pressure.
Founders
03
9 to 5 on a Mission
Why your career is your greatest platform for impact. A compelling call to integrate professional excellence with kingdom purpose — for any industry.
Purpose
04
Building Teams That Last
Lessons from scaling technology teams in high-stakes environments. Culture, accountability, and the leadership decisions that determine institutional longevity.
Team Building
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Strategic Clarity for Founders
Moving beyond hustle culture to strategic discipline. How purpose-driven founders make better decisions, attract better talent, and build more durable companies.
Strategy
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Competitive Advantage Through Values
In markets where products converge, values are the last defensible moat. How to operationalize your organizational beliefs into sustainable competitive strategy.
Competitive Strategy
Keynote Address
High-impact 45–60 minute keynotes for conferences, summits, and large leadership events.
Panel Discussions
Moderated or participant panel appearances on technology, leadership, and purpose-driven business.
Half-Day Workshops
Intensive 3–4 hour working sessions for leadership teams, executive cohorts, and founder groups.
Executive Fireside
Intimate Q&A format for C-suite audiences, board sessions, and high-trust leadership circles.
Conferences
Executive forums
Schools
Retreats

Built for the
Builder Generation

A focused, selective mentorship for tech startup founders and career professionals building companies that perform — and stand for something beyond revenue.

Six Areas of Mentorship Deep Work

Strategic Business Clarity
Cutting through the noise to identify what actually drives growth — technology choices, market positioning, and team structure.
Executive Leadership Development
Building the behaviours, decision frameworks, and team trust that institutional investors and boards look for in a CEO.
Purpose–Performance Integration
Building a company culture where values are operational, not decorative. How kingdom-minded founders attract mission-aligned talent.
Digital Strategy & Competitive Advantage
Leveraging enterprise technology thinking to help startups build scalable infrastructure before they need it — not after a crisis.
Value Thinking
Reading your own numbers with the fluency of an executive. Understanding what metrics actually matter to the people you will need to convince.
Accountability & Execution
Real accountability between sessions. Structured follow-through on the hard decisions founders typically avoid until they become crises.

How It Works

Step 01
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Apply
Submit the short application below. Be direct about where you are, what you are building, and what you need. Vague applications are not advanced.
Step 02
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Discovery Call
If your application shows promise, Bola's team schedules a 30-minute discovery call. This is a conversation, not an interview — but come prepared.
Step 03
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Acceptance
Accepted founders receive a programme outline, expectations, and a start date. Cohort sizes are deliberately small to protect quality.
Step 04
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Deep Work
Regular sessions, structured accountability, and direct access to Bola's frameworks, network, and experience — applied to your specific stage.

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9to5 on
a Mission

Workplace success for kingdom impact. Sharp, honest, practical leadership thinking — delivered every other Monday.

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Not Another
Monday Email

Most leadership newsletters recycle the same frameworks with different fonts. This one is different because it comes from someone who is still in the room — leading technology at institutional scale while pastoring and mentoring the next generation of founders.

The insights in 9to5 on a Mission are drawn from real meetings, real decisions, and real hard conversations — when you are accountable for results, not just advice.

Practical, Not Inspirational
Every issue ends with something you can actually do. No motivational posters. Just frameworks that work in the real world.
Honest About the Hard Stuff
Topics other thought leaders avoid — leadership failures, bad hires, when to quit, what faith-based leadership actually demands of you.
Written for Professionals, Not Pastors
The faith integration is there, but this is not a devotional. It reads like a senior executive giving you his best thinking over coffee.
Biweekly Cadence, Respected
Published every other Monday without fail. Bola treats his newsletter like his commitments — with discipline and respect for the reader's time.

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