As a journalist, Dipo Salimonu has worked for the newsletter Africa Confidential and the Financial Times newspaper. He has also written for the Paris- based Africa Report magazine. With two partners he founded Ateriba Limited, an oil and gas trading, logistics and financial advisory company. With offices in Africa and Europe, Ateriba trades crude and refined energy products and develops storage and infrastructure projects. It also advises on- and participates in-  oil block asset transactions and is set on acquiring full- fledged upstream operator capabilities and becoming an African champion.