Oliver August

Oliver August is the Chief Technology and Innovation Officer at Nation Media Group, one of the largest content companies in Africa.[1] August was previously the CEO of Mawingu Networks, a data connectivity company is backed by Microsoft and serving rural Africans as well as product lead at HelloFresh in London and an entrepreneur-in-residence at Viaplay in Stockholm.He covered financial markets in America, Europe and Asia, and worked as a war correspondent in Bosnia, Afghanistan and Iraq.August's first book, Along the Wall and Watchtowers (HarperCollins, 1999), chronicles a journey along the former Iron Curtain and examines the political, economic and social consequences of German reunification.He has contributed opinion articles to the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post.
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