Fene Osakwe

Council Member , Forbes Technology Council

Dr Fene Osakwe is a multi-award-winning cybersecurity professional, career mentor, international conference speaker, and best-selling author. He is also a Forbes Council Member, Amazon best-selling author.. Some of his recent awards include UK Cyber personality of the year 2025, Black Tech award cyber leader of 2025, the cybersecurity educator of the year (UK Cyber awards 2023), Top 10 Global cyber leaders under 40 (CIOLOOK), Cyber Mentor of the Year 2022(Dubai), New York City Journal Top 20 cyber leaders 2023, Outstanding Leadership award 2023(Dubai) Forbes under 40. Earlier in 2024, Dr. Osakwe was invited to join the Global Advisory Board for Penetration Testing by EC-Council, recognized as the world's largest certification body for information security professionals. As a keynote speaker at major cybersecurity conferences in both Europe and Africa in 2024, his presentations have received commendations for their insight and educational value. He is a Professor of Practice in cyber at the MIVA University Dr. Osakwe provides mentorship to graduate, master's, and doctoral students at University of Aberdeen and University of Westminster.