Ambassador Kehinde Oladele OGUNTOYE is the co-founder of TWC Intercontinental Limited (former Twins World Creations), an organization established over a decade ago to research and develop the relevance of twinning to the tourism sector of the world’s economy as well as events conceptualization, public/community relations and destination marketing. TWC has developed products on twinning among which is the Nigeria Twins Festival which has metamorphosed into a world -class festival (World Twins Festival) which staged the World Largest gathering of Twins (Multiple births) on Saturday, 12th October, 2019 with 3,200 and on Saturday, 13th October, 2018 with 2,034 sets of twins in attendance respectively. The 2020 edition was held in compliance with Covid-19 protocols while the 2021 edition had over 3,000 sets of Twins in attendance. The festival now holds every second weekend in October.
Kehinde Oladele OGUNTOYE has his background in Animal Health & Production Technology from Federal College of Animal Health & Production Technology and professionally trained in tourism business with a graduate diploma in Travel & Tourism management from the Institute of Business Technology Management of Nigeria and associate members of the professional body. Kehinde is a graduate of Wildlife and Ecotourism Management from the Prestigious University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
Kehinde alongside his twin brother, Taiwo Oguntoye are the world initiators of twins-tourism. With passion for twinning, events, broadcast journalism, special documentaries, travel & health, Kehinde and Taiwo Oguntoye had facilitated numerous projects on twins-tourism as well has assisting various Organizations ranging from governments, NGO’s, International Corporations Organizations and Media (Local, National, and Internationals).
A multi-award-winning twins, Kehinde and Taiwo Oguntoye were named “The Most Famous Twins in Africa Tourism” in December, 2014 by The African Sun Times, Africa’s largest and first newspaper in United States of America. In 2016, The first African twins to represent the continent and honored at the Mojiang International Twins festival, China. The first twins in the world to be honored by the world busiest and most travelled international airport, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, USA. The first Twins in Africa to jointly host Travel and Tourism programme “Travel with the Twins” on Lagelu 96.7FM. Oguntoye Kehinde & Taiwo are 2016 African Diaspora World Tourism Awards recipients as Outstanding Millennial Tourism Leaders in Atlanta Ga, USA.
He received special recognition for promoting social tourism at 2018 African Travel Times Award in Ghana, December, 2018. Oguntoye Twins were named top 100 Tourism Personalities in Nigeria by African Travel Quarterly Magazine on Monday 18th November, 2019. Oguntoye Twin brothers received Award of Excellence towards the upliftment and celebration of World Twins Festival on 9th October, 2021 at the World Twins capital, Igbo-Ora, Oyo State, Nigeria.
Ambassador Kehinde Oguntoye awarded 2021 Travellers Awards as Top Domestic Tourism Promoters of the year and received Distinguished Award of Excellence at 2023 GLOBAL AFRICA History MONTH. He is the International Cultural Ambassador for National Commission for Museums and Monuments, National Museum of Unity, Ibadan among other global recognitions.