Legislative profile: Olanrewaju Afinni
A member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Olanrewaju Afinni serves as the representative for Lagos Island 2 Constituency in the House of Assembly.
He was first elected as a legislator in 2019.
From 2019 to 2023, he held the position of chairman of the House committee on science and technology.
Mr Afinni is a computer science graduate
Early life and education
Mr. Afinni was born in Lagos in 1984. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science from the University of Lagos in 2008 and later pursued a Master of Science in Information Systems, a dual-degree program at New York University, combining computer science at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and business administration at the Stern School of Business.
The legislator began a career in software development in 2005 as a part-time web developer while still studying at the University of Lagos. He gained further experience as a technical support expert fo…
