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Olanrewaju BalogunEngineer & AdOps Manager
AdOps Manager @ Pulse Africa • Fullstack Developer

Building web products. Monetizing publisher at scale.

I'm Olanrewaju Balogun. I have working in digital publishing for the last decade specializing in publisher monetisation and ad operations. Along the line, I taught myself how to code in order to get a clearer view of systems and how they work BTS.

Currently: Managing daily monetization and ad tech stack across Pulse Africa reaching over 10M+ monthly users across 10 digital publications.
Olanrewaju Balogun

Fullstack Engineering

Architecture • SSR • APIs • Databases

Building fast, accessible, and type-safe digital platforms. Specialized in Next.js App Router, TypeScript, Node.js REST services, relational PostgreSQL/MySQL modeling, and clean UI engineering with Tailwind CSS and Shadcn UI.

Next.jsTypeScriptReactNode.jsPostgreSQLTailwind

Programmatic AdOps

GAM 360 • Prebid • Yield Management • CWV

Deep expertise in high-scale publisher monetization. Configuring Header Bidding wrappers, Google Ad Manager (GAM 360) line items, floor price optimization, and integrating ad scripts without degrading Core Web Vitals.

Google Ad ManagerPrebid.jsYield OptimizationCore Web VitalsGA4 / GTM
Selected Works

Featured Projects

Fullstack

Predge Media Technology

Nigeria's first earned media discovery platform

Predge brings organisations and journalists together to make meaningful stories easier to discover, share and amplify. This is earned media made easy!

ReactjsTypeScriptTailwindCSS
Fullstack

Proflinks Media

B2B Digital Product Studio & Consultancy

A B2B SaaS and digital product studio I co-founded. I lead product engineering and design teams building high-impact web products, client platforms and high-performance digital solutions.

Next.jsTypeScriptTailwindCSS
Backend

Prof URL Shortener

High-Performance URL Management & Analytics Platform

A URL management service for digital marketers, social media managers, built with Express.js, MySQL relational database modeling and dynamic analytics tracking.

Express.jsMySQLNode.js
Writing & Insights

Latest Articles

3 Policy Issues That Could Be Costing You Revenue—and How to Fix Them
Programmatic advertising
Web monetisation

3 Policy Issues That Could Be Costing You Revenue—and How to Fix Them

Most publishers don’t lose revenue because of malicious code. They lose it because they don’t fully understand what the Google Ad Manager Policy Center is telling them. When Google Ad Manager (GAM) flags your inventory, the impact can go beyond a single ad unit. Depending on the issue, demand can be restricted, ad serving can […]

Oct 7, 20266 min
How to Integrate Programmatic Ads into Next.js Without Sacrificing Core Web Vitals
Web monetisation

How to Integrate Programmatic Ads into Next.js Without Sacrificing Core Web Vitals

Monetising a web application with programmatic advertising can turn a publishing product into a sustainable business. But there is a catch. If you integrate advertising the same way you would add any other third-party JavaScript library—by loading large scripts as early as possible, requesting every ad immediately, and allowing ad creatives to determine their own […]

Sep 7, 202612 min
The Revenue Blueprint: Identifying Top-Performing Ad Formats in 2026
Programmatic advertising
Web monetisation

The Revenue Blueprint: Identifying Top-Performing Ad Formats in 2026

In the world of digital publishing, not all ad impressions are created equal. You could have two websites with identical traffic, yet one might earn double the revenue simply because of how they’ve structured their “inventory.” As we move through the second half of 2026, the digital advertising landscape has shifted. We are no longer […]

Jul 21, 20265 min